At Long Last Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGG HIJJKL MMNNOO PPQQRS TTTTEE| Late late the prize is drawn the goal attained | A |
| The Heart's Desire fulfilled Love's guerdon gained | A |
| Wealth's use is past Fame's crown of laurel mocks | B |
| The downward drooping head and grizzled locks | B |
| The end is reached the end of toil and strife | C |
| The end of life | C |
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| Love flowers and fades like grass and flowers again | D |
| The spendthrift lovers waste themselves in vain | E |
| Their fiery passions burn out one by one | F |
| And then alas when their best days are done | F |
| Spirit and body find their perfect mate | G |
| So late So late | G |
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| Long sought long seeking through the lonely years | H |
| The wanderers meet to weep their useless tears | I |
| For time and chance irrevocably flown | J |
| Dear hopes outlived and happy faiths outgrown | J |
| Children unborn the myriad joys unseen | K |
| That might have been | L |
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| Not for the spring and morning time of youth | M |
| The perfect flower of slow unfolding truth | M |
| The perfect love that dreams of youth foretell | N |
| But youth knows not and youth could never tell | N |
| That light celestial as of sunset fires | O |
| When day expires | O |
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| Late comes the gift that crowns the hungry quest | P |
| Like ripe wheat harvest in a land at rest | P |
| And comes alone a consecrated cup | Q |
| To those proved worthy to sit down and sup | Q |
| To them aye aye despite their treasure lost | R |
| 'T'is worth the cost | S |
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| 'T'is worth the cost to reach the heights at last | T |
| Ere eyes are dim and daylight overpast | T |
| To see one aim achieved one dream fulfilled | T |
| Ere striving brain and trusting heart are stilled | T |
| To live one glorious hour its price of pain | E |
| Is never paid in vain | E |
Ada Cambridge
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