Integrity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST KUVWXYZA2G| Immortal life is something to be earned | A |
| By slow self conquest comradeship with pain | B |
| And patient seeking after higher truths | C |
| We cannot follow our own wayward wills | D |
| And feed our baser appetites and give | E |
| Loose reins to foolish tempers year on year | F |
| And then cry 'Lord forgive me I believe ' | G |
| And straightway bathe in glory Men must learn | H |
| God's system is too great a thing for that | I |
| The spark divine dwells in each soul and we | J |
| Can fan it to a steady flame of light | K |
| Whose lustre guilds the pathway of the tomb | L |
| And shines on through eternity or else | M |
| Neglect it till it simmers down to death | N |
| And leaves us but the darkness of the grave | O |
| Each conquered passion feeds the living flame | P |
| Each well borne sorrow is a step toward God | Q |
| Faith cannot rescue and no blood redeem | R |
| The soul that will not reason and resolve | S |
| Lean on thyself yet prop thyself with prayer | T |
| For these are spirits messengers of light | K |
| Who come at call and fortify thy strength | U |
| Make friends with thee and with thine inner self | V |
| Cast out all envy bitterness and hate | W |
| And keep the mind's fair tabernacle pure | X |
| Shake hands with Pain give greeting unto Grief | Y |
| Those angels in disguise and thy glad soul | Z |
| From light to light from star to shining star | A2 |
| Shall climb and claim blest immortality ' | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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