Too Late. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGG HIJJKL MMNNOP QQRRFF GGSSTU VVVV EE WWOOVV| Too late the prize is drawn the goal attained | A |
| Too late too late our heart's desire is 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 |
| And strong young hearts spend all their strength in vain | E |
| The fiery passions burn out one by one | F |
| And then too late when our best days are done | F |
| Spirit and body find their perfect mate | G |
| Too late too late | G |
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| Long sought long seeking through the lonely years | H |
| We meet at last to weep our useless tears | I |
| For time and chance irrevocably flown | J |
| For dreams outlived and fervent hopes outgrown | J |
| For babes unborn for myriad joys unseen | K |
| That might have been | L |
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| Too late too late And yet the priceless boon | M |
| Might ne'er have come to bless us late or soon | M |
| And only comes like Holy Grail to those | N |
| Made wise and pure by bitter needs and woes | N |
| We learn the worth of life when life is o'er | O |
| And not before | P |
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| Not for the spring and morning time of youth | Q |
| The perfect flower of slow unfolding truth | Q |
| The perfect love deep passionate and strong | R |
| That comes of wanting much and waiting long | R |
| This glorious fire is of the setting sun | F |
| When day is done | F |
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| This harvest wealth this crowning gift of fate | G |
| This fruit of suffering years must aye come late | G |
| And only seeking spirit and ripe mind | S |
| Only a few the matchless treasure find | S |
| And find despite all time and chances lost | T |
| 'Twas worth the cost | U |
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| Ah me To stand upon this height at last | V |
| Ere eyes are dim or daylight overpast | V |
| To see one aim achieved one dream fulfilled | V |
| Ere striving brain and hoping heart are stilled | V |
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| To know that we have borne a lifelong pain | E |
| Not all in vain | E |
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| O not too late if once we reach the goal | W |
| If once we satisfy this hungry soul | W |
| If only for a year a day an hour | O |
| We drink our fill of life's true bliss and power | O |
| If we but touch that point we conquer fate | V |
| Not quite too late | V |
Ada Cambridge
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