Translations. - Sayings Of Confucius. (from Schiller.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEDEFF GHGIJJ A EEKKL GGMMCCGGNFF| I | A |
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| Threefold is of Time the tread | B |
| Lingering comes the Future pacing hither | C |
| Dartlike is the Now gone thither | C |
| Stands the Past aye moveless foot and head | B |
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| No impatience wings its idle | D |
| Tread of leisurely delay | E |
| Fear or doubt it cannot bridle | D |
| Should it headlong run away | E |
| No remorse no incantation | F |
| Moves the standing from its station | F |
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| Wouldst thou end thy earthly journey | G |
| Wise and of good fortune full | H |
| Make the Lingering thine attorney | G |
| Thee to counsel not thy tool | I |
| Not for friend the Flying take | J |
| Nor thy foe the Standing make | J |
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| II | A |
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| Threefold is of Space the way | E |
| On unresting without stay | E |
| Strives the Length into the distance | K |
| Ceaseless pours the Breadth's insistence | K |
| Bottomless the Depth goes down | L |
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| For a sign the three are sent thee | G |
| Onward must alone content thee | G |
| Weary thou must not stand still | M |
| Wouldst thou thy perfection fill | M |
| Thou must spread thee wider bigger | C |
| Wouldst thou have the world take figure | C |
| To the deep the man descendeth | G |
| Who existence comprehendeth | G |
| Leads persistence to the goal | N |
| Leads abundance to precision | F |
| Dwells in the abyss the Vision | F |
George Macdonald
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