Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFF CCGG FFHH IIIJK LLMM NNOO EEPP HHQQ RREE R| In all we do and hear and see | A |
| Is restless Toil and Vanity | A |
| While yet the rolling earth abides | B |
| Men come and go like Ocean tides | B |
| And ere one generation dies | C |
| Another in its place shall rise | C |
| That sinking soon into the grave | D |
| Others succeed like wave on wave | D |
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| And as they rise they pass away | E |
| The sun arises every day | E |
| And hastening onward to the West | F |
| He nightly sinks but not to rest | F |
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| Returning to the eastern skies | C |
| Again to light us he must rise | C |
| And still the restless wind comes forth | G |
| Now blowing keenly from the North | G |
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| Now from the South the East the West | F |
| For ever changing ne'er at rest | F |
| The fountains gushing from the hills | H |
| Supply the ever running rills | H |
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| The thirsty rivers drink their store | I |
| And bear it rolling to the shore | I |
| But still the ocean craves for more | I |
| 'Tis endless labour everywhere | J |
| Sound cannot satisfy the ear | K |
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| Light cannot fill the craving eye | L |
| Nor riches half our wants supply | L |
| Pleasure but doubles future pain | M |
| And joy brings sorrow in her train | M |
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| Laughter is mad and reckless mirth | N |
| What does she in this weary earth | N |
| Should Wealth or Fame our Life employ | O |
| Death comes our labour to destroy | O |
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| To snatch the untasted cup away | E |
| For which we toiled so many a day | E |
| What then remains for wretched man | P |
| To use life's comforts while he can | P |
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| Enjoy the blessings Heaven bestows | H |
| Assist his friends forgive his foes | H |
| Trust God and keep his statutes still | Q |
| Upright and firm through good and ill | Q |
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| Thankful for all that God has given | R |
| Fixing his firmest hopes on heaven | R |
| Knowing that earthly joys decay | E |
| But hoping through the darkest day | E |
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| Acton | R |
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