Translations. - Contentment. (from Claudius.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC BDBDDD EFGFHH IJIJKK LDLDKK ABABCC| I am content In triumph's tone | A |
| My song let people know | B |
| And many a mighty man with throne | A |
| And sceptre is not so | B |
| And if he is why then I cry | C |
| The man is just the same as I | C |
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| The Mogul's gold the Sultan's show | B |
| The hero's bliss who vext | D |
| To find no other world below | B |
| Up to the moon looked next | D |
| I'd none of them for things like that | D |
| Are only fit for laughing at | D |
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| My motto is Content with this | E |
| Gold rank I prize not such | F |
| That which I have my measure is | G |
| Wise men desire not much | F |
| Men wish and wish and have their will | H |
| And wish again as hungry still | H |
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| And gold or honour though it rings | I |
| Is but a brittle glass | J |
| Experience of changing things | I |
| Might teach a very ass | J |
| Right often Many turns to None | K |
| And honour has but a short run | K |
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| To do right to be good and clear | L |
| Is more than rank and gold | D |
| Then art thou always of good cheer | L |
| And blisses hast untold | D |
| Then art thou with thyself at one | K |
| And hatest no man fearest none | K |
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| I am content In triumph's tone | A |
| My song let people know | B |
| And many a mighty man with throne | A |
| And sceptre is not so | B |
| And if he is why then I cry | C |
| The man is just the same as I | C |
George Macdonald
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