Here And Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE GHGHIJIJ KLKLMNMN OPOPQRQR| HERE AND NOW | A |
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| Here in the heart of the world | B |
| Here in the noise and the din | C |
| Here where our spirits were hurled | B |
| To battle with sorrow and sin | C |
| This is the place and the spot | D |
| For knowledge of infinite things | E |
| This is the kingdom where Thought | F |
| Can conquer the prowess of kings | E |
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| Wait for no heavenly life | G |
| Seek for no temple alone | H |
| Here in the midst of the strife | G |
| Know what the sages have known | H |
| See what the Perfect Ones saw | I |
| God in the depth of each soul | J |
| God as the light and the law | I |
| God as beginning and goal | J |
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| Earth is one chamber of Heaven | K |
| Death is no grander than birth | L |
| Joy in the life that was given | K |
| Strive for perfection on earth | L |
| Here in the turmoil and roar | M |
| Show what it is to be calm | N |
| Show how the spirit can soar | M |
| And bring back its healing and balm | N |
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| Stand not aloof nor apart | O |
| Plunge in the thick of the fight | P |
| There in the street and the mart | O |
| That is the place to do right | P |
| Not in some cloister or cave | Q |
| Not in some kingdom above | R |
| Here on this side of the grave | Q |
| Here should we labor and love | R |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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