Grown familiar with disfavour, 85
Grown familiar with the savour
Of the bread by which men die!
But to-day, they knew not why,
Like the gate of Paradise
Seemed the convent gate to rise, 90
Like a sacrament divine
Seemed to them the bread and wine.
In his heart the Monk was praying,
Thinking of the homeless poor,
What they suffer and endure; 95
What we see not, what we see;
And the inward voice was saying:
"Whatsoever thing thou doest
To the least of Mine and lowest,
That thou doest unto Me!" 100

Unto Me! but had the Vision
Come to him in beggar's clothing,
Come a mendicant imploring,
Would he then have knelt adoring,
Or have listened with derision, 105
And have turned away with loathing?
Thus his conscience put the question,
Full of troublesome suggestion,
As at length, with hurried pace,
Toward his cell he turned his face, 110
And beheld the convent bright
With a supernatural light,
Like a luminous cloud expanding
Over floor and wall and ceiling.
But he paused with awestruck feeling 115
At the threshold of his door,
For the Vision still was standing
As he left it there before,
When the convent bell appalling,
From its belfry calling, calling, 120
Summoned him to feed the poor.
Through the long hour intervening
It had waited his return,
And he felt his bosom burn,
Comprehending all the meaning, 125
When the Blessed Vision said,
"Hadst thou stayed, I must have fled!"

--_Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_

HADST, LIGHTENED, BRIGHTENED, REIGNEST, DEIGNEST,
DIVINEST (Appendix, A, 3.)

ll. 29, 38-39, 78-79. (Appendix, A, 4.)

How can the reader show that the first two lines are
merely introductory?

Divide the poem proper into five parts, giving to each
part a suggestive title. How can the reader make each
part stand out by itself? (Introduction, p. 10.)

Select the principal statement in each stanza and show
how the voice may make it prominent. (Introduction, p.
33.)

What Inflection is placed on the principal statement?
What Inflection on the subordinate phrases and clauses