Vanity Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMNO PQPQ| The evils that beset our path | A |
| Who can prevent or cure | B |
| We stand upon the brink of death | C |
| When most we seem secure | B |
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| If we today sweet peace possess | D |
| It soon may be withdrawn | E |
| Some change may plunge us in distress | D |
| Before tomorrow's dawn | E |
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| Disease and pain invade our health | F |
| And find an easy prey | G |
| And oft when least expected wealth | F |
| Takes wings and flies away | G |
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| A fever or a blow can shake | H |
| Our wisdom's boasted rule | I |
| And of the brightest genius make | H |
| A madman or a fool | I |
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| The gourds from which we look for fruit | J |
| Produce us only pain | K |
| A worm unseen attacks the root | J |
| And all our hopes are vain | K |
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| I pity those who seek no more | L |
| Than such a world can give | M |
| Wretched they are and blind and poor | N |
| And dying while they live | O |
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| Since sin has filled the earth with woe | P |
| And creatures fade and die | Q |
| Lord wean our hearts from things below | P |
| And fix our hopes on high | Q |
John Newton
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