The Tempters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADAD EAFAAG G EHAHIDAD| EVERY gentle breeze that's blowing is a tempter very knowing | A |
| For it penetrates my armor in its weakest thinnest spot | B |
| Though I strive each day to shun it I have never wholly done it | C |
| For it whispers of enchantments that I know should be forgot | B |
| Every moment it's inviting me to go where fish are biting | A |
| It is telling of the big ones that are lurking in the stream | D |
| And the time I should be working I am idling here and shirking | A |
| From the duties of the office I am carried in a dream | D |
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| Every sunbeam that comes gayly into my grim office daily | E |
| Takes the courage from my bosom makes of me a helpless thing | A |
| It seems as though its mission is to rob me of ambition | F |
| For I always pause to listen to the news it comes to bring | A |
| Soft it mutters 'they are biting it is great the way they 're fighting | A |
| As I came from way off yonder I could see them in the bay | G |
| Get your rod and reel and hurry come away from all the worry ' | - |
| And once more I 'm dreaming dreaming in the middle of the day | G |
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| Every breeze that passes by me every sunbeam dancing nigh me | E |
| Seem to mock me with their freedom and to tempt me from my task | H |
| For they set me vainly wishing to go way off yonder fishing | A |
| To stretch out beneath the willows on the velvet grass and bask | H |
| Well they know my greatest weakness my shortcomings and my meekness | I |
| Well they know that if they whisper of a blue sky and a stream | D |
| Where the finny tribe is lurking I shall promptly give up working | A |
| And it seems their greatest joy is just to come and make me dream | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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