Occupation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQARQSPTTUUVWXYZA2B 2C2D2GE2F2G2H2I2J2K2 L2M2| There must in heaven be many industries | A |
| And occupations varied infinite | B |
| Or heaven could not be heaven | C |
| What gracious tasks | D |
| The Mighty Maker of the universe | E |
| Can offer souls that have prepared on earth | F |
| By holding lovely thoughts and fair desires | G |
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| Art thou a poet to whom words come not | H |
| A dumb composer of unuttered sounds | I |
| Ignored by fame and to the world unknown | J |
| Thine may be then the mission to create | K |
| Immortal lyrics and immortal strains | L |
| For stars to chant together as they swing | M |
| About the holy centre where God dwells | N |
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| Hast thou the artist instinct with no skill | O |
| To give it form or colour Unto thee | P |
| It may be given to paint upon the skies | Q |
| Astounding dawns and sunsets framed by seas | A |
| And mountains or to fashion and adorn | R |
| New faces for sweet pansies and new dyes | Q |
| To tint their velvet garments Oftentimes | S |
| Methinks behind a beauteous flower I see | P |
| Or in the tender glory of a dawn | T |
| The presence of some spirit who has gone | T |
| Into the place of mystery whose call | U |
| Imperious and compelling sounds for all | U |
| Or soon or late So many have passed on | V |
| So many with ambitions hopes and aims | W |
| Unrealised who could not be content | X |
| As idle angels even in paradise | Y |
| The unknown Michelangelos who lived | Z |
| With thoughts on beauty bent while chained to toil | A2 |
| That gave them only bread and burial | B2 |
| These must find waiting in the world of space | C2 |
| The shining timbers of their splendid dreams | D2 |
| Ready for shaping temples shrines and towers | G |
| Where radiant hosts may congregate to raise | E2 |
| Their glad hosannas to the God Supreme | F2 |
| And will there not be gardens glorious | G2 |
| And mansions all embosomed among blooms | H2 |
| Where heavenly children reach out loving arms | I2 |
| To lonely women who have been denied | J2 |
| On earth the longed for boon of motherhood | K2 |
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| Surely God has provided work to do | L2 |
| For souls like these and for the weary rest | M2 |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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