The Missal Makers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EAEAFGFG HIHIJKLK MNMNAOAO PQPQRSRS| To visit the Escurial | A |
| We took a motor bus | B |
| And there a guide mercurial | A |
| Took charge of us | B |
| He showed us through room after room | C |
| And talked hour after hour | D |
| Of place crypt and royal tomb | C |
| Of pomp and power | D |
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| But in bewilderment of grace | E |
| What pleased me most of all | A |
| Were ancient missals proud in place | E |
| In stately hall | A |
| A thousand tomes there were at least | F |
| All luminously bright | G |
| That each a score of years some priest | F |
| Had toiled to write | G |
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| Poor patient monk who brushed and penned | H |
| From rise to set of sun | I |
| And when his book came to an end | H |
| His life was done | I |
| With heart of love to God above | J |
| For guidance he would pray | K |
| And here behold his art of gold | L |
| Undimmed today | K |
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| And as our homeward way we took | M |
| The thought occurred to me | N |
| If scribes would only write one book | M |
| How good 'twould be | N |
| Or if our authors had to scroll | A |
| Their words on vellum fair | O |
| Their output might be very small | A |
| But oh how rare | O |
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| So writers of today take note | P |
| If you your souls would save | Q |
| Let every line be one to quote | P |
| And to engrave | Q |
| Then though you dismally are dead | R |
| You will be cheered to know | S |
| your precious prose may still be read | R |
| Ten years or so | S |
Robert Service
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