Better Than Gold Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCAA DDEEFGHI JKLLMMNN OOPPQQAA RSTTUUAA| Better than grandeur better than gold | A |
| Than rank and titles a thousand fold | A |
| Is a healthy body and a mind at ease | B |
| And simple pleasures that always please | B |
| A heart that can feel for another's woe | C |
| With sympathies large enough to enfold | A |
| All men as brothers is better than gold | A |
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| Better than gold is a conscience clear | D |
| Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere | D |
| Doubly blessed with content and health | E |
| Untried by the lusts and cares of wealth | E |
| Lowly living and lofty thought | F |
| Adorn and ennoble a poor man's cot | G |
| For mind and morals in nature's plan | H |
| Are the genuine tests of a gentleman | I |
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| Better than gold is the sweet repose | J |
| Of the sons of toil when the labors close | K |
| Better than gold is the poor man's sleep | L |
| And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep | L |
| Bring sleeping draughts on the downy bed | M |
| Where luxury pillows its aching head | M |
| The toiler simple opiate deems | N |
| A shorter route to the land of dreams | N |
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| Better than gold is a thinking mind | O |
| That in the realm of books can find | O |
| A treasure surpassing Australian ore | P |
| And live with the great and good of yore | P |
| The sage's lore and the poet's lay | Q |
| The glories of empires passed away | Q |
| The world's great dream will thus unfold | A |
| And yield a pleasure better than gold | A |
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| Better than gold is a peaceful home | R |
| Where all the fireside characters come | S |
| The shrine of love the heaven of life | T |
| Hallowed by mother or sister or wife | T |
| However humble the home may be | U |
| Or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree | U |
| The blessings that never were bought or sold | A |
| And centre there are better than gold | A |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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