Fortune And Wisdom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CDCA EFEA GAGA| Enraged against a quondam friend | A |
| To Wisdom once proud Fortune said | B |
| quot I'll give thee treasures without end | A |
| If thou wilt be my friend instead quot | A |
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| quot My choicest gifts to him I gave | C |
| And ever blest him with my smile | D |
| And yet he ceases not to crave | C |
| And calls me niggard all the while quot | A |
| - | |
| quot Come sister let us friendship vow | E |
| So take the money nothing loth | F |
| Why always labor at the plough | E |
| Here is enough I'm sure for both quot | A |
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| Sage wisdom laughed the prudent elf | G |
| And wiped her brow with moisture hot | A |
| quot There runs thy friend to hang himself | G |
| Be reconciled I need thee not quot | A |
Friedrich Schiller
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