The Words Of Wisdom. From Proverbial Philosophy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDFG HIAJA KELDMA ANAOPEQRSA TUDVTWXYAZA2B2C2D2NE E2F2 E| Few and precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter | A |
| To what shall then' rarity be likened What price shall count their worth | B |
| Perfect and much to be desired and giving joy with riches | C |
| No lovely tiling on earth can picture all their beauty | D |
| They be chance pearls flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of Oblivion | E |
| Which Diligence loveth to gather and hang around the neck of Memory | D |
| They be white winged seeds of happiness wafted from the islands of the blessed | F |
| Which Thought carefully tendeth in the kindly garden of the heart | G |
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| They be sproutings of an harvest for eternity bursting through the tilth of time | H |
| Green promise of the golden wheat that yieldeth angels' food | I |
| They be drops of the crystal dew which the wings of seraphs scatter | A |
| When on some brighter sabbath their plumes quiver most with delight | J |
| Such and so precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter | A |
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| Yet more for the half is not said of their might and dignity and value | K |
| For life giving be they and glorious redolent of sanctity and heaven | E |
| As the fumes of hallowed incense that veil the throne of the Most High | L |
| As the beaded bubbles that sparkle on the rim of the cup of immortality | D |
| As wreaths of the rainbow spray from the pure cataracts of truth | M |
| Such and so precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter | A |
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| Yet once again loving student suffer the praises of thy teacher | A |
| For verily the sun of the mind and the life of the heart is Wisdom | N |
| She is pure and full of light crowning grey hairs with lustre | A |
| And kindling the eye of youth with a fire not its own | O |
| And her words whereunto canst thou liken them for earth cannot show their peers | P |
| They be grains of the diamond sand the radiant floor of heaven | E |
| Bistng in sunny dust beliind the chai iot of God | Q |
| They be flashes of the day spring from on high shed from the windows of the skies | R |
| They be streams of living waters fresh from the fountain of Intelligence | S |
| Such and so precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter | A |
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| For these shall guide thee well and guard thee on thy way | T |
| And wanting all beside with these shalt thou be rich | U |
| Though all around be woe these shall make thee happy | D |
| Though all within be pain these shall bring thee health | V |
| Thy good shall grow into ripeness thine evil wither and decay | T |
| And Wisdom's words shall sweetly charm thy doubtful into virtues | W |
| Meanness shall then be frugal care where shame was thou art modest | X |
| Cowardice riseth into caution rasliness is sobered into courage | Y |
| The wrathful spirit rendering a reason standeth justified in anger | A |
| The idle hand hath fair excuse propping the thoughtful forehead | Z |
| Life shall have no labyrinth but thy steps can track it | A2 |
| For thou hast a silken clue to lead thee through the darkness | B2 |
| The rampant Minotaur of ignorance shall perish at thy coming | C2 |
| And thine enfranchised fellows hail thy white victorious sails | D2 |
| Wherefore friend and scholar hear the words of Wisdom | N |
| Whether she speaketh to thy soul in the full chords of revelation | E |
| In the teaching earth or air or sea in the still melodies of thought | E2 |
| Or haply in the humbler strains that would detain thee here | F2 |
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| Transcribed from Proverbial Philosophy by Mick Puttock Spelling punctuation and grammer left mostly unchanged from the th edition | E |
Martin Farquhar Tupper
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