A Dull Uncertain Brain, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBABCDBEECFCFGCGCHE HEA dull uncertain brain | A |
But gifted yet to know | B |
That God has cherubim who go | B |
Singing an immortal strain | A |
Immortal here below | B |
I know the mighty bards | C |
I listen when they sing | D |
And now I know | B |
The secret store | E |
Which these explore | E |
When they with torch of genius pierce | C |
The tenfold clouds that cover | F |
The riches of the universe | C |
From God's adoring lover | F |
And if to me it is not given | G |
To fetch one ingot thence | C |
Of the unfading gold of Heaven | G |
His merchants may dispense | C |
Yet well I know the royal mine | H |
And know the sparkle of its ore | E |
Know Heaven's truth from lies that shine | H |
Explored they teach us to explore | E |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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