The Way Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BBBB CBCB BBBB DBDB EBEB| Since Adam's first sin in the garden of song | A |
| Where the hopes of the race were empearled | B |
| Whenever a mortal does anything wrong | A |
| It is only the way of the world | B |
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| If statesmen forget all the pledges they made | B |
| And the people to evils are hurled | B |
| Excuse their misdeeds 'Tis a trick of the trade | B |
| And is only the way of the world | B |
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| If bankers confusing distinctions of wealth | C |
| Have your gold to their own pockets whirled | B |
| And then gone to Europe for pleasure and health | C |
| It is only the way of the world | B |
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| If preachers forgetting the Master of old | B |
| And the banner of light He unfurled | B |
| Elope with the fairest ewe lambs of the fold | B |
| It is only the way of the world | B |
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| If merchants unscrupulous cheat with a will | D |
| While their lips are at honesty curled | B |
| Harsh blame hie away And your censure be still | D |
| It is only the way of the world | B |
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| The way of the world What a happy excuse | E |
| For the faults and the follies unfurled | B |
| Bind virtue securely The vices turn loose | E |
| 'Tis the way 'tis the way of the world | B |
Freeman E. Miller
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