Poet Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit

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A Star In The East Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKILIL MNMOPQPQ

FOR THE ART EXHIBITION AT ST JUDE'S WHITECHAPELA
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LIKE a fair flower springing fresh sweet and brightB
Through prison stones or like one perfect songC
Heard in a dream on one remembered nightB
When waking worlds were dumb with grief and wrongC
Like the one kiss that links first kiss and lastD
The inevitable future spent apartE
With the immutable divided pastD
So in the east shines out this star of ArtE
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The narrow shouldered pale faced girl and boyF
Nestle against Art's new found love warm breastG
And feel vague stirrings of a far off joyF
Which life has never for themselves possessedG
And dimly guess at wonders hardly knownH
Even as dreams and weep glad tears to seeI
A loveliness that is at once life's ownH
And yet is something life can never beI
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Not worse will work the flying busy handJ
Because the soul has drunk a cup of pleasureK
Has picked up on its leaden coloured strandJ
Some little jewel of Art's splendid treasureK
Nor will less work be done because men seeI
That work is not the only thing in lifeL
Because they have been glad at heart and freeI
A little space 'mid sorrow sin and strifeL
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And this sweet draught may banish men's contentM
For this we pray and strive not all in vainN
That men may reach such heights of discontentM
As never to fall back to peace againO
Where no peace is nor rest from strife and prayersP
But tread firm footed up the thorny wayQ
Till all that spring of art and joy is theirsP
Whereof they taste so small a draught to dayQ

Edith Nesbit



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