Omega Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFGFHHIJKKDLM NNMOPEQPOL RRRSR TTUCC VVVWC XXXWC GAYUYUUY ZZUUA2A2AAAAGGDDB2B2 C2C2ZZAUAAUAU| WRAPT 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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