Contentment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CECE CFCF CGCG HIHI JKLK| Urge me no more The mid day toil is ended | A |
| And shadows lengthen from the radiant west | B |
| The glowing sun with sumptuous clouds attended | A |
| Sinks to its rest | B |
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| I too would rest an Indian Summer beauty | C |
| Gilds my life's autumn in a charming vale | D |
| No further quest of gold or fame seems duty | C |
| Their splendors pale | D |
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| Tempt me no more In vain are spread before me | C |
| New plans of battle and rare hopes of gain | E |
| The sweeter airs of love and peace blow o'er me | C |
| I will remain | E |
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| Gone is the glamour of the heartless city | C |
| Hateful its traffic and its ceaseless roar | F |
| Slaves of its tyranny you have my pity | C |
| Urge me no more | F |
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| Girdled by mountains in a land of story | C |
| Nestles the high walled garden of my home | G |
| Here book in hand I feast myself on glory | C |
| Nor wish to roam | G |
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| Each dawn brings rose hued snow peaks to my vision | H |
| Each eve's enchanting pageant thrills my soul | I |
| Day after day I find yet more elysian | H |
| Fair South Tyrol | I |
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| Urge me no more The riches of Golconda | J |
| Could not allure me to the old time task | K |
| Here till the curtain falls to live and ponder | L |
| Is all I ask | K |
John L. Stoddard
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