I Bear A Rhyme


Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites eludicate
All my own striving can't relate.

What am I?
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Answer:
Pi.

The poem is a Mnemonic. The lengths of each of the words are the 
digits.  Pi = 3.14159265358979323846...