On The Death Of Stephen Grey, F.r.s. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHHIJKLMM BBThe Electrician | A |
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Long hast thou borne the burden of the day | B |
Thy task is ended venerable Grey | B |
No more shall art thy dexterous hand require | C |
To break the sleep of elemental fire | C |
To rouse the powers that actuate Nature's frame | D |
The momentaneous shock th' electric flame | D |
The flame which at first weak pupil of thy lore | E |
I saw condemn'd alas to see no more | E |
Now hoary sage pursue thy happy flight | F |
With swifter motion haste to purer light | F |
Where Bacon waits with Newton and with Boyle | G |
To hail thy genius and applaud thy toil | G |
Where intuition breathes through time and space | H |
And mocks experiment's successive race | H |
See tardy science toil at Nature's laws | I |
And wonders how th' effect obscures the cause | J |
Yet not to deep research or happy guess | K |
Is view'd the life of hope the death of peace | L |
Unbless'd the man whom philosophic rage | M |
Shall tempt to lose the Christian in the sage | M |
Not art but goodness pour'd the sacred ray | B |
That cheer'd the parting hours of humble Grey | B |
Samuel Johnson
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