In Vita Minerva Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| VEX not the Muse with idle prayers | A |
| She will not hear thy call | B |
| She steals upon thee unawares | A |
| Or seeks thee not at all | B |
| - | |
| Soft as the moonbeams when they sought | C |
| Endymion's fragrant bower | D |
| She parts the whispering leaves of thought | C |
| To show her full blown flower | D |
| - | |
| For thee her wooing hour has passed | E |
| The singing birds have flown | F |
| And winter comes with icy blast | E |
| To chill thy buds unblown | F |
| - | |
| Yet though the woods no longer thrill | G |
| As once their arches rung | H |
| Sweet echoes hover round thee still | G |
| Of songs thy summer sung | H |
| - | |
| Live in thy past await no more | I |
| The rush of heaven sent wings | J |
| Earth still has music left in store | I |
| While Memory sighs and sings | J |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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