The Soul's Hereafter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH CIEJ AKLK KKKK MNMN KOKO| DIES not the soul when dust to dust is given | A |
| Even as we are in earth life are we still | B |
| Save from the worn out garment rent and riven | A |
| That may have proved a fetter to the will | B |
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| Not unto demons void of good converted | C |
| Not unto angels void of error no | D |
| But human spirited and human hearted | E |
| We on our way with pain or pleasure go | D |
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| Not reft of feeling nay with feelings keener | F |
| To others' woes more keen to others' joys | G |
| With bosoms purer and with minds serener | F |
| Though human still more humane we and wise | H |
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| Not more to be despised nor venerated | C |
| For aught from change of state acquired or caught | I |
| But at our inner value estimated | E |
| Shall we be shunned or courted as we ought | J |
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| Not to their fabled hell nor fabled heaven | A |
| By the good Father's will are we consigned | K |
| But to a sphere of human action even | L |
| To one adapted to each frame and mind | K |
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| Not one sweet feeling passeth unrewarded | K |
| Not one black deed can go unpunished not | K |
| Not one swift thought can vanish unrecorded | K |
| And give no colour to our future lot | K |
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| Not words but thoughts and not on faith but actions | M |
| And on whatever gives our acts their hue | N |
| The heart's allurements and the mind's distractions | M |
| Is based the verdict we shall prize or rue | N |
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| Yes such the future that awaits the spirit | K |
| Then let us pause and think while pause we can | O |
| How best we may the meed eternal merit | K |
| That shall be to the weal eterne of man | O |
Joseph Skipsey
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