Wishing -- Or Fate And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFAAGGHHIJ KKLLGGMMNNFFAAOO| Wise men tell me thou O Fate | A |
| Art invincible and great | A |
| Well I own thy prowess still | B |
| Dare I flount thee with my will | B |
| Thou canst shatter in a span | C |
| All the earthly pride of man | C |
| Outward things thou canst control | D |
| But stand back I rule my soul | D |
| Death 'Tis such a little thing | E |
| Scarcely worth the mentioning | E |
| What has death to do with me | F |
| Save to set my spirit free | F |
| Something in me dwells O Fate | A |
| That can rise and dominate | A |
| Loss and sorrow and disaster | G |
| How then Fate art thou my master | G |
| In the great primeval morn | H |
| My immortal will was born | H |
| Part of the stupendous Cause | I |
| Which conceived the Solar Laws | J |
| Lit the suns and filled the seas | K |
| Royalest of pedigrees | K |
| That great Cause was Love the Source | L |
| Who most loves has most of Force | L |
| He who harbors hate one hour | G |
| Saps the soul of Peace and Power | G |
| He who will not hate his foe | M |
| Need not dread life's hardest blow | M |
| In the realm of brotherhood | N |
| Wishing no man aught but good | N |
| Naught but good can come to me | F |
| This is love's supreme decree | F |
| Since I bar my door to hate | A |
| What have I to fear O Fate | A |
| Since I fear not Fate I vow | O |
| I the ruler am not thou | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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