In The Long Run Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCD EFEFGGD HIHIJJD KLKLJJD| In the long run fame finds the deserving man | A |
| The lucky wight may prosper for a day | B |
| But in good time true merit leads the van | A |
| And vain pretense unnoticed goes its way | B |
| There is no Chance no Destiny no Fate | C |
| But Fortune smiles on those who work and wait | C |
| In the long run | D |
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| In the long run all goodly sorrow pays | E |
| There is no better thing than righteous pain | F |
| The sleepless nights the awful thorn crowned days | E |
| Bring sure reward to tortured soul and brain | F |
| Unmeaning joys enervate in the end | G |
| But sorrow yields a glorious dividend | G |
| In the long run | D |
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| In the long run all hidden things are known | H |
| The eye of truth will penetrate the night | I |
| And good or ill thy secret shall be known | H |
| However well 't is guarded from the light | I |
| All the unspoken motives of the breast | J |
| Are fathomed by the years and stand confest | J |
| In the long run | D |
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| In the long run all love is paid by love | K |
| Though undervalued by the hosts of earth | L |
| The great eternal Governemnt above | K |
| Keeps strict account and will redeem its worth | L |
| Give thy love freely do not count the cost | J |
| So beautiful a thing was never lost | J |
| In the long run | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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