A Saxon Epitaph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK LMLM ABAB| The earth builds on the earth | A |
| Castles and towers | B |
| The earth saith of the earth | A |
| All shall be ours | B |
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| Yea though they plan and reap | C |
| The rye and the corn | D |
| Lo they were bond to Sleep | C |
| Ere they were born | D |
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| Yea though the blind earth sows | E |
| For the fruit and the sheaf | F |
| They shall harvest the leaf of the rose | E |
| And the dust of the leaf | F |
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| Pride of the sword and power | G |
| Are theirs at their need | H |
| Who shall rule but the root of the flower | G |
| The fall of the seed | H |
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| They who follow the flesh | I |
| In splendour and tears | J |
| They shall rest and clothe them afresh | I |
| In the fulness of years | K |
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| From the dream of the dust they came | L |
| As the dawn set free | M |
| They shall pass as the flower of the flame | L |
| Or the foam of the sea | M |
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| The earth builds on the earth | A |
| Castles and towers | B |
| The earth saith of the earth | A |
| All shall be ours | B |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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