The Eternal Will Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEED FGHH IJJI KHHH HLLH| There is no thing we cannot overcome | A |
| Say not thy evil instinct is inherited | B |
| Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn | C |
| And calls down punishment that is not merited | B |
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| Back of thy parents and grandparents lies | D |
| The Great Eternal Will That too is thine | E |
| Inheritance strong beautiful divine | E |
| Sure lever of success for one who tries | D |
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| Pry up thy faults with this great lever Will | F |
| However deeply bedded in propensity | G |
| However firmly set I tell thee firmer yet | H |
| Is that vast power that comes from Truth's immensity | H |
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| Thou art a part of that strange world I say | I |
| Its forces lie within thee stronger far | J |
| Than all thy mortal sins and frailties are | J |
| Believe thyself divine and watch and pray | I |
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| There is no noble height thou canst not climb | K |
| All triumphs may be thine in Time's futurity | H |
| If whatso'er thy fault thou dost not faint or halt | H |
| But lean upon the staff of God's security | H |
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| Earth has no claim the soul can not contest | H |
| Know thyself part of that Eternal Source | L |
| And naught can stand before thy spirit's force | L |
| The soul's divine inheritance is best | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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