The Shrines Of Old Are Broken Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FGFGHH| The shrines of old are broken down | A |
| The faiths that knelt at them are dead | B |
| Nothing's strange and nought unknown | C |
| All's been done and all been said | B |
| Tired of knowledge now we sigh | D |
| For a little mystery | E |
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| Yet howsoever science delves | F |
| A few things still unplumbed remain | G |
| We know all things save ourselves | F |
| Cannot will our joy or pain | G |
| Mysteries our hearts enthral | H |
| And love's the strangest of them all | H |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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