Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDE| O steep and rugged Life whose harsh ascent | A |
| Slopes blindly upward through the bitter night | B |
| They say that on thy summit high in light | B |
| Sweet rest awaits the climber travel spent | A |
| But I alas with dusty garments rent | A |
| With fainting heart and failing limbs and sight | B |
| Can see no glimmer of the shining height | B |
| And vainly list with body forward bent | A |
| To catch athwart the gloom one wandering note | C |
| Of those glad anthems which they say are sung | D |
| When one emerges from the mists below | E |
| But though O Life thy summit be remote | C |
| And all thy stony path with darkness hung | D |
| Yet ever upward through the night I go | E |
William Gay
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