Buying And Selling Chapter Xi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K L M C D| And a merchant said Speak to us of Buying and Selling | A |
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| And he answered and said | B |
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| To you the earth yields her fruit and you shall not want if you but know how to fill your hands | C |
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| It is in exchanging the gifts of the earth that you shall find abundance and be satisfied | D |
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| Yet unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger | E |
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| When in the market place you toilers of the sea and fields and vineyards meet the weavers and the potters and the gatherers of spices | F |
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| Invoke then the master spirit of the earth to come into your midst and sanctify the scales and the reckoning that weighs value against value | G |
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| And suffer not the barren handed to take part in your transactions who would sell their words for your labour | H |
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| To such men you should say | I |
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| Come with us to the field or go with our brothers to the sea and cast your net | J |
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| For the land and the sea shall be bountiful to you even as to us | K |
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| And if there come the singers and the dancers and the flute players buy of their gifts also | L |
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| For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense and that which they bring though fashioned of dreams is raiment and food for your soul | M |
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| And before you leave the marketplace see that no one has gone his way with empty hands | C |
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| For the master spirit of the earth shall not sleep peacefully upon the wind till the needs of the least of you are satisfied | D |
Khalil Gibran
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