A Legend Of Gold Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLKL| Lucifer craved one boon of God | A |
| After his fall as his own to hold | B |
| So He gave him a mite in heaven's sight | C |
| But lo the gift that He gave was Gold | B |
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| And Lucifer wrought with the rugged ore | D |
| Till he fashioned it wondrous fair and then | E |
| He set a price on the precious store | D |
| And the price was the blood and tears of men | E |
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| Blood and tears and the price was paid | F |
| Blood was nothing and tears were free | G |
| And Lucifer smiled at the fools and said | H |
| Surely your souls should belong to me | G |
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| So he offered the earth with its golden heart | I |
| And the seas with their fleets from pole to pole | J |
| And they looked with lust on the world wide mart | I |
| And said in their hearts It is worth the soul | J |
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| And kings were they and they ruled right well | K |
| Gorgeously sped their sovereign day | L |
| But Lucifer hath their souls in Hell | K |
| And their gold and their empires where are they | L |
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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