Hope Evermore And Believe! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOHPN QRQSTUJU| Hope evermore and believe O man for e'en as thy thought | A |
| So are the things that thou see'st e'en as thy hope and belief | B |
| Cowardly art thou and timid they rise to provoke thee against them | C |
| Hast thou courage enough see them exulting to yield | D |
| Yea the rough rock the dull earth the wild sea's furying waters | E |
| Violent say'st thou and hard mighty thou think'st to destroy | F |
| All with ineffable longing are waiting their Invader | G |
| All with one varying voice call to him Come and subdue | H |
| Still for their Conqueror call and but for the joy of being conquered | I |
| Rapture they will not forego dare to resist and rebel | J |
| Still when resisting and raging in soft undervoice say unto him | K |
| Fear not retire not O man hope evermore and believe | L |
| Go from the east to the west as the sun and the stars direct thee | M |
| Go with the girdle of man go and encompass the earth | N |
| Not for the gain of the gold for the getting the hoarding the having | O |
| But for the joy of the deed but for the Duty to do | H |
| Go with the spiritual life the higher volition and action | P |
| With the great girdle of God go and encompass the earth | N |
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| Go say not in thy heart And what then were it accomplished | Q |
| Were the wild impulse allayed what were the use or the good | R |
| Go when the instinct is stilled and when the deed is accomplished | Q |
| What thou bast done and shalt do shall be declared to thee then | S |
| Go with the sun and the stars and yet evermore in thy spirit | T |
| Say to thyself It is good yet is there better than it | U |
| This that I see is not all and this that I do is but little | J |
| Nevertheless it is good though there is better than it | U |
Arthur Hugh Clough
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