Reliance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFF HIHI| Not to the swift the race | A |
| Not to the strong the fight | B |
| Not to the righteous perfect grace | A |
| Not to the wise the light | B |
| - | |
| But often faltering feet | C |
| Come surest to the goal | D |
| And they who walk in darkness meet | C |
| The sunrise of the soul | D |
| - | |
| A thousand times by night | B |
| The Syrian hosts have died | E |
| A thousand times the vanquished right | B |
| Hath risen glorified | E |
| - | |
| The truth the wise men sought | F |
| Was spoken by a child | G |
| The alabaster box was brought | F |
| In trembling hands defiled | F |
| - | |
| Not from my torch the gleam | H |
| But from the stars above | I |
| Not from my heart life's crystal stream | H |
| But from the depths of Love | I |
Henry Van Dyke
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Reliance poem by Henry Van Dyke
Best Poems of Henry Van Dyke