How Poems Work

As the massed/ islands rolled/ in mist a/way/
 b.  
He saw/ each high/er hill,/ each soft/er hue/

As the/ massed is/lands rolled/ in mist/ away/
 c.  
He/ saw each/ higher hill,/ each/ softer/ hue/

As/ the massed is/lands rolled/ in mist/ a/way/
 d.  
He saw/ each higher/ hill, each/ softer hue/

As the/ massed islands/ rolled in/ mist away/

The Soul/ that ris/es with/ us, our/ life's Star/

Hath had/ elsewhere/ its setting/
 b.  
Our birth/ is but a sleep/ and a forgetting/

The Soul/ that rises with/ us, our life's Star/

Hath had/ elsewhere its/ setting/
 c.  
Our birth is/ but a sleep/ and a for/getting/

The Soul that/ rises with/ us, our life's/ Star/

Hath had else/where its set/ting/
 d.  
Our/ birth is/ but/ a sleep/ and/ a for/getting/

The/ Soul that/ ris/es/ with us,/ our/ life's Star/

Hath/ had else/where/ its set/ting/

And truth in/ ev'ry shep/herd's tongue,/

These pretty/ pleasures might/ me move/

To live with/ thee and be/ thy love./
 b.  
If/ all the world/ and/ love were young,/

And/ truth in ev/'ry/ shepherd's tongue,/

These/ pretty pleas/ures/ might me move/

To/ live with thee/ and/ be thy love./
 c.  
If all/ the world and/ love were/ young,/

And truth/ in ev'ry/ shepherd's/ tongue,/

These pret/ty pleasures/ might me/ move/

To live/ with thee and/ be thy/ love./
 d.  
If all/ the world/ and love/ were young,/

And truth/ in ev/'ry shep/herd's tongue,/

These pret/ty pleas/ures might/ me move/

To live/ with thee/ and be/ thy love./