The Proverbs Of Confucius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEDEFFGGHHII J FKKFF KKLLIIFF FFF| Threefold is the march of time | A |
| While the future slow advances | B |
| Like a dart the present glances | C |
| Silent stands the past sublime | A |
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| No impatience e'er can speed him | D |
| On his course if he delay | E |
| No alarm no doubts impede him | D |
| If he keep his onward way | E |
| No regrets no magic numbers | F |
| Wake the tranced one from his slumbers | F |
| Wouldst thou wisely and with pleasure | G |
| Pass the days of life's short measure | G |
| From the slow one counsel take | H |
| But a tool of him ne'er make | H |
| Ne'er as friend the swift one know | I |
| Nor the constant one as foe | I |
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| II | J |
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| Threefold is the form of space | F |
| Length with ever restless motion | K |
| Seeks eternity's wide ocean | K |
| Breadth with boundless sway extends | F |
| Depth to unknown realms descends | F |
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| All as types to thee are given | K |
| Thou must onward strive for heaven | K |
| Never still or weary be | L |
| Would'st thou perfect glory see | L |
| Far must thy researches go | I |
| Wouldst thou learn the world to know | I |
| Thou must tempt the dark abyss | F |
| Wouldst thou prove what Being is | F |
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| Naught but firmness gains the prize | F |
| Naught but fulness makes us wise | F |
| Buried deep truth ever lies | F |
Friedrich Schiller
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