King Solomon And The Ants Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DEED FGGF HIIH JDDJ KLLM NOO KPPK NQQN RSS TU T VWWV DQQD BXY| Out from Jerusalem | A |
| The king rode with his great | B |
| War chiefs and lords of state | B |
| And Sheba's queen with them | C |
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| Comely but black withal | D |
| To whom perchance belongs | E |
| That wondrous Song of songs | E |
| Sensuous and mystical | D |
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| Whereto devout souls turn | F |
| In fond ecstatic dream | G |
| And through its earth born theme | G |
| The Love of loves discern | F |
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| Proud in the Syrian sun | H |
| In gold and purple sheen | I |
| The dusky Ethiop queen | I |
| Smiled on King Solomon | H |
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| Wisest of men he knew | J |
| The languages of all | D |
| The creatures great or small | D |
| That trod the earth or flew | J |
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| Across an ant hill led | K |
| The king's path and he heard | L |
| Its small folk and their word | L |
| He thus interpreted | M |
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| 'Here comes the king men greet | N |
| As wise and good and just | O |
| To crush us in the dust | O |
| Under his heedless feet ' | - |
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| The great king bowed his head | K |
| And saw the wide surprise | P |
| Of the Queen of Sheba's eyes | P |
| As he told her what they said | K |
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| 'O king ' she whispered sweet | N |
| 'Too happy fate have they | Q |
| Who perish in thy way | Q |
| Beneath thy gracious feet | N |
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| 'Thou of the God lent crown | R |
| Shall these vile creatures dare | S |
| Murmur against thee where | S |
| The knees of kings kneel down ' | - |
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| 'Nay ' Solomon replied | T |
| 'The wise and strong should seek | U |
| The welfare of the weak ' | - |
| And turned his horse aside | T |
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| His train with quick alarm | V |
| Curved with their leader round | W |
| The ant hill's peopled mound | W |
| And left it free from harm | V |
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| The jewelled head bent low | D |
| 'O king ' she said 'henceforth | Q |
| The secret of thy worth | Q |
| And wisdom well I know | D |
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| 'Happy must be the State | B |
| Whose ruler heedeth more | X |
| The murmurs of the poor | Y |
| Than flatteries of the great ' | - |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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