Hymn To Joy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGHHG IJIJKLKL FIMNI CJCJJJJJ JOHHO OPOPCQCQ JJROJ CJCJJSJS JOHHO CTCUCVCV JCHHC JWJWIXIX JCYYC OVOVKJKJ JCZZC CJCJOMOM JOA2A2O

Joy thou goddess fair immortalA
Offspring of ElysiumB
Mad with rapture to the portalA
Of thy holy fame we comeB
Fashion's laws indeed may severC
But thy magic joins againD
All mankind are brethren everC
'Neath thy mild and gentle reignE
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CHORUSF
Welcome all ye myriad creaturesG
Brethren take the kiss of loveH
Yes the starry realms aboveH
Hide a Father's smiling featuresG
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He that noble prize possessingI
He that boasts a friend that's trueJ
He whom woman's love is blessingI
Let him join the chorus tooJ
Aye and he who but one spiritK
On this earth can call his ownL
He who no such bliss can meritK
Let him mourn his fate aloneL
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CHORUSF
All who Nature's tribes are swellingI
Homage pay to sympathyM
For she guides us up on highN
Where the unknown has his dwellingI
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From the breasts of kindly NatureC
All of joy imbibe the dewJ
Good and bad alike each creatureC
Would her roseate path pursueJ
'Tis through her the wine cup maddensJ
Love and friends to man she givesJ
Bliss the meanest reptile gladdensJ
Near God's throne the cherub livesJ
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CHORUSJ
Bow before him all creationO
Mortals own the God of loveH
Seek him high the stars aboveH
Yonder is his habitationO
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Joy in Nature's wide dominionO
Mightiest cause of all is foundP
And 'tis joy that moves the pinionO
When the wheel of time goes roundP
From the bud she lures the flowerC
Suns from out their orbs of lightQ
Distant spheres obey her powerC
Far beyond all mortal sightQ
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CHORUSJ
As through heaven's expanse so gloriousJ
In their orbits suns roll onR
Brethren thus your proud race runO
Glad as warriors all victoriousJ
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Joy from truth's own glass of fireC
Sweetly on the searcher smilesJ
Lest on virtue's steeps he tireC
Joy the tedious path beguilesJ
High on faith's bright hill before usJ
See her banner proudly waveS
Joy too swells the angels' chorusJ
Bursts the bondage of the graveS
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CHORUSJ
Mortals meekly wait for heavenO
Suffer on in patient loveH
In the starry realms aboveH
Bright rewards by God are givenO
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To the Gods we ne'er can renderC
Praise for every good they grantT
Let us with devotion tenderC
Minister to grief and wantU
Quenched be hate and wrath foreverC
Pardoned be our mortal foeV
May our tears upbraid him neverC
No repentance bring him lowV
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CHORUSJ
Sense of wrongs forget to treasureC
Brethren live in perfect loveH
In the starry realms aboveH
God will mete as we may measureC
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Joy within the goblet flushesJ
For the golden nectar wineW
Every fierce emotion hushesJ
Fills the breast with fire divineW
Brethren thus in rapture meetingI
Send ye round the brimming cupX
Yonder kindly spirit greetingI
While the foam to heaven mounts upX
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CHORUSJ
He whom seraphs worship everC
Whom the stars praise as they rollY
Yes to him now drain the bowlY
Mortal eye can see him neverC
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Courage ne'er by sorrow brokenO
Aid where tears of virtue flowV
Faith to keep each promise spokenO
Truth alike to friend and foeV
'Neath kings' frowns a manly spiritK
Brethren noble is the prizeJ
Honor due to every meritK
Death to all the brood of liesJ
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CHORUSJ
Draw the sacred circle closerC
By this bright wine plight your trothZ
To be faithful to your oathZ
Swear it by the Star DisposerC
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Safety from the tyrant's powerC
Mercy e'en to traitors baseJ
Hope in death's last solemn hourC
Pardon when before His faceJ
Lo the dead shall rise to heavenO
Brethren hail the blest decreeM
Every sin shall be forgivenO
Hell forever cease to beM
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CHORUSJ
When the golden bowl is brokenO
Gentle sleep within the tombA2
Brethren may a gracious doomA2
By the Judge of man be spokenO

Friedrich Schiller



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