Arise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH| Why 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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