A Vision Of Philosophy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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'Twas on the Red Sea coast at morn we metA
The venerable man a healthy bloomB
Mingled its softness with the vigorous thoughtC
That towered upon his brow and when he spokeD
'Twas language sweetened into song such holy soundsE
As oft they say the wise and virtuous hearF
Prelusive to the harmony of heavenG
When death is nigh and still as he unclosedC
His sacred lips an odor all as blandC
As ocean breezes gather from the flowersH
That blossom in Elysium breathed aroundC
With silent awe we listened while he toldC
Of the dark veil which many an age had hungI
O'er Nature's form till long explored by manJ
The mystic shroud grew thin and luminousK
And glimpses of that heavenly form shone throughL
Of magic wonders that were known and taughtC
By him or Cham or Zoroaster namedC
Who mused amid the mighty cataclysmM
O'er his rude tablets of primeval loreN
And gathering round him in the sacred arkO
The mighty secrets of that former globeP
Let not the living star of science sinkQ
Beneath the waters which ingulfed a worldC
Of visions by Calliope revealedC
To him who traced upon his typic lyreR
The diapason of man's mingled frameS
And the grand Doric heptachord of heavenG
With all of pure of wondrous and arcaneT
Which the grave sons of Mochus many a nightC
Told to the young and bright haired visitantC
Of Carmel's sacred mount Then in a flowU
Of calmer converse he beguiled us onV
Through many a Maze of Garden and of PorchW
Through many a system where the scattered lightC
Of heavenly truth lay like a broken beamX
From the pure sun which though refracted allY
Into a thousand hues is sunshine stillZ
And bright through every change he spoke of HimA2
The lone eternal One who dwells aboveB2
And of the soul's untraceable descentC
From that high fount of spirit through the gradesC2
Of intellectual being till it mixD2
With atoms vague corruptible and darkO
Nor yet even then though sunk in earthly drossE2
Corrupted all nor its ethereal touchF2
Quite lost but tasting of the fountain stillZ
As some bright river which has rolled alongG2
Through meads of flowery light and mines of goldC
When poured at length into the dusky deepH2
Disdains to take at once its briny taintC
Or balmy freshness of the scenes it leftC
But keeps unchanged awhile the lustrous tingeI2
And here the old man ceased a winged trainT
Of nymphs and genii bore him from our eyesJ2
The fair illusion fled and as I wakedC
'Twas clear that my rapt soul had roamed the whileK2
To that bright realm of dreams that spirit worldC
Which mortals know by its long track of lightC
O'er midnight's sky and call the GalaxyL2

Thomas Moore



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