To Life's Pilgrim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA B CDD AB ABB D DFLY from the press and dwell with soothfastness | A |
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Suffice unto thy good though it be small | B |
For hoard hath hate and climbing tickleness | A |
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Preise hath envie and weal is blent o'er all | B |
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Savor no more than thee behoven shall | C |
Rede well thy self that other folk can'st rede | D |
And Truth thee shalt deliver 'tis no drede | D |
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That thee is sent receive in buxomness | A |
The wrestling of this world asketh a fall | B |
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Here is no home here is but wilderness | A |
Forth pilgrim forth on best out of thy stall | B |
Look up on high and thank the God of all | B |
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Weivith thy lust and let thy ghost thee lead | D |
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And Truth thee shalt deliver 'tis no drede | D |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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