The Rewards Of Industry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GAHAIJK GLMLJNJ| A FRIEND of mine said yesterday 'There goes a man across the way | A |
| Who paid ten thousand dollars for a home a week ago | B |
| He owns an automobile now a saddle horse and keeps a cow | C |
| And smokes cigars at fifty cents a throw | B |
| He is a lucky chap indeed He got up something that we need | D |
| The way he's making money is a shame | E |
| It's not five years ago I swear he only had one suit to wear | F |
| And didn't have a dollar to his name | E |
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| 'There goes a man immensely rich who was a digger in the ditch | G |
| Ten years ago but fortune came his way | A |
| I cannot now recall to mind just what it is that he designed | H |
| But he got wealth and glory in a day | A |
| How fortunate some fellows are They're born beneath a lucky star | I |
| I knew him when he didn't have a cent | J |
| And now he owns his house and lot Too bad that's something I've forgot | K |
| I don't know now just what he did invent ' | - |
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| I said 'Some fellows strike it rich but somehow I've a notion which | G |
| Is that you never saw a lucky shirk | L |
| I never knew a lazy moke that wasn't nearly always broke | M |
| The men who get the money have to work | L |
| I do not view with discontent nor call them lucky who invent | J |
| The things that quickly bring great fortunes in | N |
| The poor men of five years ago who now possess a 'wad of dough' | J |
| But prove to me that industry can win ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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