The Words Of Belief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD BEBEFF GHGHII JKJKLL ABABCD| Three words will I name thee around and about | A |
| From the lip to the lip full of meaning they flee | B |
| But they had not their birth in the being without | A |
| And the heart not the lip must their oracle be | B |
| And all worth in the man shall forever be o'er | C |
| When in those three words he believes no more | D |
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| Man is made free Man by birthright is free | B |
| Though the tyrant may deem him but born for his tool | E |
| Whatever the shout of the rabble may be | B |
| Whatever the ranting misuse of the fool | E |
| Still fear not the slave when he breaks from his chain | F |
| For the man made a freeman grows safe in his gain | F |
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| And virtue is more than a shade or a sound | G |
| And man may her voice in this being obey | H |
| And though ever he slip on the stony ground | G |
| Yet ever again to the godlike way | H |
| To the science of good though the wise may be blind | I |
| Yet the practice is plain to the childlike mind | I |
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| And a God there is over space over time | J |
| While the human will rocks like a reed to and fro | K |
| Lives the will of the holy a purpose sublime | J |
| A thought woven over creation below | K |
| Changing and shifting the all we inherit | L |
| But changeless through all one immutable spirit | L |
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| Hold fast the three words of belief though about | A |
| From the lip to the lip full of meaning they flee | B |
| Yet they take not their birth from the being without | A |
| But a voice from within must their oracle be | B |
| And never all worth in the man can be o'er | C |
| Till in those three words he believes no more | D |
Friedrich Schiller
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