Only Be Still Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB BCC BBCCB| 'Only be still and in the silence grow ' | A |
| If thou art seeking what the gods bestow | B |
| This is the simple safe and certain way | C |
| That leads to knowledge for which all men pray | C |
| Of higher laws to govern things below | B |
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| But in our restless discontent we go | B |
| With noisy importuning day on day | C |
| Drowning the inner voice that strives to say | C |
| 'Only be still and in the silence grow ' | - |
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| We doubt we cavil and we talk of woe | B |
| We delve in books and waste our forces so | B |
| We cling to creeds that were not meant to stay | C |
| And close our ears to Truth's immortal lay | C |
| Oh wouldst thou see and understand and know | B |
| 'Only be still and in the silence grow ' | - |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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