To A Dejected Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DEFD GHHG IJJI| Thy gift if that it be of God | A |
| Thou hast no warrant to appraise | B |
| Nor say 'Here part O Muse our ways | B |
| The road too stony to be trod ' | C |
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| Not thine to call the labor hard | D |
| And the reward inadequate | E |
| Who haggles o'er his hire with Fate | F |
| Is better bargainer than bard | D |
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| What count the effort labor lost | G |
| When thy good angel holds the reed | H |
| It were a sorry thing indeed | H |
| To stay him till thy palm be crossed | G |
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| 'The laborer is worthy' nay | I |
| The sacred ministry of song | J |
| Is rapture 't were a grievous wrong | J |
| To fix a wages rate for play | I |
Ambrose Bierce
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