The Favor Of The Moment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGIJKJK LMLMNONOIPIPIQIQIRIR| Once more then we meet | A |
| In the circles of yore | B |
| Let our song be as sweet | A |
| In its wreaths as before | B |
| Who claims the first place | C |
| In the tribute of song | D |
| The God to whose grace | C |
| All our pleasures belong | D |
| Though Ceres may spread | E |
| All her gifts on the shrine | F |
| Though the glass may be red | E |
| With the blush of the vine | F |
| What boots if the while | G |
| Fall no spark on the hearth | H |
| If the heart do not smile | G |
| With the instinct of mirth | I |
| From the clouds from God's breast | J |
| Must our happiness fall | K |
| 'Mid the blessed most blest | J |
| Is the moment of all | K |
| Since creation began | L |
| All that mortals have wrought | M |
| All that's godlike in man | L |
| Comes the flash of a thought | M |
| For ages the stone | N |
| In the quarry may lurk | O |
| An instant alone | N |
| Can suffice to the work | O |
| An impulse give birth | I |
| To the child of the soul | P |
| A glance stamp the worth | I |
| And the fame of the whole | P |
| On the arch that she buildeth | I |
| From sunbeams on high | Q |
| As Iris just gildeth | I |
| And fleets from the sky | Q |
| So shineth so gloometh | I |
| Each gift that is ours | R |
| The lightning illumeth | I |
| The darkness devours | R |
Friedrich Schiller
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