Idler's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDC EFEFBDDB GHGIJBBK LMLMNIHN OPOPQRRQ BSBTUVVU CWCWBD B| I sit in the twilight dim | A |
| At the close of an idle day | B |
| And I list to the soft sweet hymn | A |
| That rises far away | B |
| And dies on the evening air | C |
| Oh all day long | D |
| They sing their song | D |
| Who toil in the valley there | C |
| - | |
| But never a song sing I | E |
| Sitting with folded hands | F |
| The hours pass me by | E |
| Dropping their golden sands | F |
| And I list from day to day | B |
| To the 'tick tick tock' | D |
| Of the old brown clock | D |
| Ticking my life away | B |
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| And I see the twilight fade | G |
| And I see the night come on | H |
| And then in the gloom and shade | G |
| I weep for the day that's gone | I |
| Weep and wail in pain | J |
| For the misspent day | B |
| That has flown away | B |
| And will not come again | K |
| - | |
| Another morning beams | L |
| And I forget the last | M |
| And I sit in idle dreams | L |
| Till the day over past | M |
| Oh the toiler's heart is glad | N |
| When the day is gone | I |
| And the night comes on | H |
| But mine is sore and sad | N |
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| For I dare not look behind | O |
| No shining golden sheaves | P |
| Can I ever hope to find | O |
| Nothing but withered leaves | P |
| Ah dreams are very sweet | Q |
| But will not please | R |
| If only these | R |
| I lay at the Master's feet | Q |
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| And what will the Master say | B |
| To dreams and nothing more | S |
| Oh idler all the day | B |
| Think ere thy life is o'er | T |
| And when the day grows late | U |
| Oh soul of sin | V |
| Will He let you in | V |
| There at the pearly gate | U |
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| Oh idle heart beware | C |
| On to the field of strife | W |
| On to the valley there | C |
| And live a useful life | W |
| Up do not wait a day | B |
| For the old brown clock | D |
| With its 'tick tick tock ' | - |
| Is ticking your life away | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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