Coptic Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BBB C DD CBB C EE CBB C| LEAVE we the pedants to quarrel and strive | A |
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| Rigid and cautious the teachers to be | B |
| All of the wisest men e'er seen alive | A |
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| Smile nod and join in the chorus with me | B |
| Vain 'tis to wait till the dolt grows less silly | B |
| Play then the fool with the fool willy nilly | B |
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| Children of wisdom remember the word | C |
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| Merlin the old from his glittering grave | D |
| When I a stripling once spoke to him gave | D |
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| Just the same answer as that I've preferr'd | C |
| Vain 'tis to wait till the dolt grows less silly | B |
| Play then the fool with the fool willy nilly | B |
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| Children of wisdom remember the word | C |
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| And on the Indian breeze as it booms | E |
| And in the depths of Egyptian tombs | E |
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| Only the same holy saying I've heard | C |
| Vain 'tis to wait till the dolt grows less silly | B |
| Play then the fool with the fool willy nilly | B |
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| Children of wisdom remember the word | C |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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