A Legacy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DEFGGFH HIJJIKKKLLKKKKMMKBBN OONPQKKKK| No living atom comes at last to naught | A |
| Active in each is still the eternal Thought | A |
| Hold fast to Being if thou wouldst be blest | B |
| Being is without end for changeless laws | C |
| Bind that from which the All its glory draws | C |
| Of living treasures endlessly possessed | B |
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| Unto the wise of old this truth was known | D |
| Such wisdom knit their noble souls in one | E |
| Then hold thou still the lore of ancient days | F |
| To that high power thou ow'st it son of man | G |
| By whose decree the earth its circuit ran | G |
| And all the planets went their various ways | F |
| Then inward turn at once thy searching eyes | H |
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| Thence shalt thou see the central truth arise | H |
| From which no lofty soul goes e'er astray | I |
| There shalt thou miss no needful guiding sign | J |
| For conscience lives and still its light divine | J |
| Shall be the sun of all thy moral day | I |
| Next shalt thou trust thy senses' evidence | K |
| And fear from them no treacherous offence | K |
| While the mind's watchful eye thy road commands | K |
| With lively pleasure contemplate the scene | L |
| And roam securely teachable serene | L |
| At will throughout a world of fruitful lands | K |
| Enjoy in moderation all life gives | K |
| Where it rejoices in each thing that lives | K |
| Let reason be thy guide and make thee see | K |
| Then shall the distant past be present still | M |
| The future ere it comes thy vision fill | M |
| Each single moment touch eternity | K |
| Then at the last shalt thou achieve thy quest | B |
| And in one final firm conviction rest | B |
| What bears for thee true fruit alone is true | N |
| Prove all things watch the movement of the world | O |
| As down the various ways its tribes are whirled | O |
| Take thou thy stand among the chosen few | N |
| Thus hath it been of old in solitude | P |
| The artist shaped what thing to him seemed good | Q |
| The wise man hearkened to his own soul's voice | K |
| Thus also shalt thou find thy greatest bliss | K |
| To lead where the elect shall follow this | K |
| And this alone is worth a hero's choice | K |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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