Celestial Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFGHFIIJKLMNNOO PPQQRSTS QLUQQQVWVXYXQZQA2A2Q QB2B2C2C2D2E2F2F2QQF 2F2G2G2QQQQLLH2H2I2I 2J2J2QQQQQQH2H2AAK2K 2MML2L2 M2M2N2N2F2F2QQQQO2O2 QQORP2P2

Higher farA
Upward into the pure realmB
Over sun or starA
Over the flickering D mon filmC
Thou must mount for loveD
Into vision which all formE
In one only form dissolvesF
In a region where the wheelG
On which all beings rideH
Visibly revolvesF
Where the starred eternal wormI
Girds the world with bound and termI
Where unlike things are likeJ
When good and illK
And joy and moanL
Melt into oneM
There Past Present Future shootN
Triple blossoms from one rootN
Substances at base dividedO
In their summits are unitedO
There the holy Essence rollsP
One through separated soulsP
And the sunny on sleepsQ
Folding nature in its deepsQ
And every fair and every goodR
Known in part or known impureS
To men belowT
In their archetypes endureS
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The race of godsQ
Or those we erring ownL
Are shadows flitting up and downU
In the still abodesQ
The circles of that sea are lawsQ
Which publish and which hide the CauseQ
Pray for a beamV
Out of that sphereW
Thee to guide and to redeemV
O what a loadX
Of care and toilY
By lying Use bestowedX
From his shoulders falls who seesQ
The true astronomyZ
The period of peaceQ
Counsel which the ages keptA2
Shall the well born soul acceptA2
As the overhanging treesQ
Fill the lake with imagesQ
As garment draws the garment's hemB2
Men their fortunes bring with themB2
By right or wrongC2
Lands and goods go to the strongC2
Property will brutely drawD2
Still to the proprietorE2
Silver to silver creep and windF2
And kind to kindF2
Nor less the eternal polesQ
Of tendency distribute soulsQ
There need no vows to bindF2
Whom not each other seek but findF2
They give and take no pledge or oathG2
Nature is the bond of bothG2
No prayer persuades no flattery fawnsQ
Their noble meanings are their pawnsQ
Plain and cold is their addressQ
Power have they for tendernessQ
And so thoroughly is knownL
Each others' purpose by his ownL
They can parley without meetingH2
Need is none of forms of greetingH2
They can well communicateI2
In their innermost estateI2
When each the other shall avoidJ2
Shall each by each be most enjoyedJ2
Not with scarfs or perfumed glovesQ
Do these celebrate their lovesQ
Not by jewels feasts and savorsQ
Not by ribbons or by favorsQ
But by the sun spark on the seaQ
And the cloud shadow on the leaQ
The soothing lapse of morn to mirkH2
And the cheerful round of workH2
Their cords of love so public areA
They intertwine the farthest starA
The throbbing sea the quaking earthK2
Yield sympathy and signs of mirthK2
Is none so high so mean is noneM
But feels and seals this unionM
Even the tell Furies are appeasedL2
The good applaud the lost are easedL2
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Love's hearts are faithful but not fondM2
Bound for the just but not beyondM2
Not glad as the low loving herdN2
Of self in others still preferredN2
But they have heartily designedF2
The benefit of broad mankindF2
And they serve men austerelyQ
After their own genius clearlyQ
Without a false humilityQ
For this is love's nobilityQ
Not to scatter bread and goldO2
Goods and raiment bought and soldO2
But to hold fast his simple senseQ
And speak the speech of innocenceQ
And with hand and body and bloodO
To make his bosom counsel goodR
For he that feeds men serveth fewP2
He serves all who dares be trueP2

Ralph Waldo Emerson



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