Arise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHHWhy sit ye idly dreaming all the day | A |
While the golden precious hours flit away | A |
See you not the day is waning waning fast | B |
That the morn's already vanished in the past | B |
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When the glowing noon approaches we will rest | C |
Who have worked through all the morning but at best | C |
If you work with zeal and ardor till the night | D |
You can only make the wasted moments right | D |
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Think you life was made for dreaming nothing more | E |
When God's work lies all unfinished at your door | E |
Souls to save and hearts to strengthen ah such work | F |
Such a richly freighted labor who would shirk | F |
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Then arise O idle dreamer Dreams are sweet | G |
But better flowers are growing at your feet | G |
If you crush or pass unheeding idle friend | H |
You shall answer for their ruin in the end | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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