Our Limitations Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGGHH| WE trust and fear we question and believe | A |
| From life's dark threads a trembling faith to weave | A |
| Frail as the web that misty night has spun | B |
| Whose dew gemmed awnings glitter in the sun | B |
| While the calm centuries spell their lessons out | C |
| Each truth we conquer spreads the realm of doubt | C |
| When Sinai's summit was Jehovah's throne | D |
| The chosen Prophet knew his voice alone | D |
| When Pilate's hall that awful question heard | E |
| The Heavenly Captive answered not a word | E |
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| Eternal Truth beyond our hopes and fears | F |
| Sweep the vast orbits of thy myriad spheres | F |
| From age to age while History carves sublime | G |
| On her waste rock the flaming curves of time | G |
| How the wild swayings of our planet show | H |
| That worlds unseen surround the world we know | H |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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