Omega Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFGFHHIJKKDLM NNMOPEQPOL RRRSR TTUCC VVVWC XXXWC GAYUYUUY ZZUUA2A2AAAAGGDDB2B2 C2C2ZZAUAAUAUWRAPT in fancy by a river | A |
That flows onward ever ever | A |
Down I sat me while the moon | B |
In her fairest vesture shone | C |
All was still as death when lo | D |
Down the solemn tide did flow | D |
Fay's that once with pleasure thrill'd me | E |
Fiends that once with horror chill'd me | E |
Social Glee and sullen Care | F |
Lofty Courage crouching Fear | G |
And ah who with dire Despair | F |
She on whom my heart has hung | H |
She who oft my heart has strung | H |
While the heavy footed years | I |
Sought to bury her in cares | J |
'One by one and two by two | K |
They the graceful they the true | K |
Went my idols long ago | D |
And must thou desert me now ' | L |
Thus I frantically cried | M |
When a look was cast behind | N |
Clung shall cling unto my mind | N |
And a hollow voice replied | M |
'All things go the way we're going | O |
From thy quest refrain | P |
All all that be the Earth the Sea | E |
Yon Moon above the Stars that move | Q |
In concord o'er yon crystal plain | P |
Yea all to one vast gulph are flowing | O |
And thy cry's in vain ' | L |
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Heard I aright what is my cry | R |
A cry in vain what means reply | R |
So dark as this Can earth and sky | R |
Can all my hope my pride my joy | S |
With earth and sky take wing and fly | R |
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Can that for which I've daily borne | T |
With insult empty scoff and scorn | T |
For which I've labour'd still to earn | U |
'Till Life itself's a burden grown | C |
Can that one day from me be flown | C |
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Can that for which I've inly bled | V |
And tears of blood not water shed | V |
For which I've lain on thorny bed | V |
Who else had lain on bed of down | W |
Can that one day from me be flown | C |
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Can that for which I've wooed disgrace | X |
Look'd Persecution in the face | X |
For which I've barter'd pelf and place | X |
And donn'd instead the martyr's crown | W |
Can that one day from me be flown | C |
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What can the all my soul held dear | G |
The soul itself and all whate'er | A |
Comprised in this Great Universe | Y |
Take wing and never more return | U |
Can Life itself thus prove a curse | Y |
And mock the mighty souls who yearn | U |
Even to obtain the life superne | U |
Sung in prophetic verse | Y |
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Forbid it Truth 'It is forbid ' | - |
Rang in my soul as voice e'er did | Z |
A voice whose tone the quester chid | Z |
'It is forbid On facts alone | U |
From battle with externals won | U |
The common understanding may | A2 |
Persist another thing to say | A2 |
But whose looks Life's surface under | A |
The Veil of Isis seeks to sunder | A |
And on internals cares to ponder | A |
Even such a one will find whate'er | A |
Has been will be tho' Earth's rude sphere | G |
To outer sense should disappear | G |
Tho' to that sense above below | D |
All things appear to come and go | D |
Yet to the inner living still | B2 |
With dread to chill with bliss to thrill | B2 |
To warn encourage pain or charm | C2 |
To lead to blessedness or harm | C2 |
To whip or bless us for the act | Z |
Another's heart has soothed or racked | Z |
Yea all things and all deeds whatever | A |
Shall to the inner sense remain | U |
Shall constitute a fountain ever | A |
Of what should nerve for high endeavour | A |
Of what once drank should heart and brain | U |
So fire that Man would rue ab never | A |
That he was born tho' born to pain | U |
Thy cry is not in vain ' | - |
Joseph Skipsey
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