To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In Which That Duty Is Recomm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFGHHIIJKLLMM NNOPCQRR| TO cultivate in ev'ry noble mind | A |
| Habitual grace and sentiments refin'd | A |
| Thus while you strive to mend the human heart | B |
| Thus while the heav'nly precepts you impart | B |
| O may each bosom catch the sacred fire | C |
| And youthful minds to Virtue's throne aspire | D |
| When God's eternal ways you set in sight | E |
| And Virtue shines in all her native light | E |
| In vain would Vice her works in night conceal | F |
| For Wisdom's eye pervades the sable veil | G |
| Artists may paint the sun's effulgent rays | H |
| But Amory's pen the brighter God displays | H |
| While his great works in Amory's pages shine | I |
| And while he proves his essence all divine | I |
| The Atheist sure no more can boast aloud | J |
| Of chance or nature and exclude the God | K |
| As if the clay without the potter's aid | L |
| Should rise in various forms and shapes self made | L |
| Or worlds above with orb o'er orb profound | M |
| Self mov'd could run the everlasting round | M |
| It cannot be unerring Wisdom guides | N |
| With eye propitious and o'er all presides | N |
| Still prosper Amory still may'st thou receive | O |
| The warmest blessings which a muse can give | P |
| And when this transitory state is o'er | C |
| When kingdoms fall and fleeting Fame's no more | Q |
| May Amory triumph in immortal fame | R |
| A nobler title and superior name | R |
Phillis Wheatley
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