The Time That Is To Be Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE AA FF GG HH II JJ DKDKLL MNONLL PQPQLL RSRSLL BTBULL| I am thinking of fern forests that once did towering stand | A |
| Crowning all the barren mountains shading all the dreary land | A |
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| Oh the dreadful quiet brooding the solitude sublime | B |
| That reigned like shadowy spectres o'er the third great day of time | B |
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| In long low lines the tideless seas on dull gray shores did break | C |
| No song of bird no gleam of wing o'er wood or reedy lake | C |
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| No flowers perfumed the pulseless air no stars no moon no sun | D |
| To tell in silver language night was past or day was done | D |
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| Only silence rising with the ghostly morning's misty light | E |
| Silence silence settling down upon the moonless starless night | E |
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| And the ferns and giant mosses noiseless sentinels did stand | A |
| Looking o'er the tideless ocean watching o'er the dreary land | A |
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| Ferns gave place to glowing olives and clusters dropping wine | F |
| Mosses changed to oaken tissues and cleft to fragrant pine | F |
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| Deft and noiseless fingers toiled and wrought the great Creator's plan | G |
| Through countless ages moulding earth for the abode of man | G |
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| Till each imperial day was bound by sunset's crimson bars | H |
| The purple columns of the night crowned with the shining stars | H |
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| The ripe fruit seeks the sunlight through all the clustering leaves | I |
| The earth is decked with golden maize and costly yellow sheaves | I |
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| Countless silent centuries passed in fashioning good that doth appear | J |
| Shall we weary and grow hopeless waiting for the Golden Year | J |
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| Thy kingdom come in which Thy will is done | D |
| From myriad souls rises the yearning cry | K |
| Scatter palm boughs behold a brighter sun | D |
| Shall dawn in splendor in a clearer sky | K |
| Upon the distant hills a glow we see | L |
| That tells us of the Time that is to be | L |
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| The desert then shall blossom like the rose | M |
| The almond flourish on the rocky slopes | N |
| Wisdom and beauty in rare union close | O |
| Making earth beautiful beyond our hopes | N |
| High in the dusky east a star we see | L |
| A herald of the Time that is to be | L |
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| The free born soul shall not be captive then | P |
| Bound by decaying cords of narrow creeds | Q |
| God's image shall more clearly shine in men | P |
| Divinely shaped by holy aims and deeds | Q |
| Gleam golden star oh gleam o'er earth and sea | L |
| A herald of the Time that is to be | L |
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| Fetters are broken so the fern leaves fall | R |
| A richer growth is budding wondrous fair | S |
| The flower of liberty shall bloom for all | R |
| And all shall breathe the healing of the air | S |
| The blessed air that wraps a people free | L |
| Within that glorious Time that is to be | L |
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| For what is slavery but woe and crime | B |
| And freedom is but liberty from these | T |
| Oh perfect hours ye come fair and sublime | B |
| Bearing the sweet form of the baby Peace | U |
| Shine golden star oh shine o'er earth and sea | L |
| A herald of the Time that is to be | L |
Marietta Holley
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