The Gardener Lxviii: None Lives For Ever, Brother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFDEFGHACGIFJKLM ACNOPQRSTOACLGUOVLWX EACFYZA2GXB2DC2D2AC| None lives for ever brother and | A |
| nothing lasts for long Keep that in | B |
| mind and rejoice | C |
| Our life is not the one old burden | D |
| our path is not the one long | E |
| journey | F |
| One sole poet has not to sing one | D |
| aged song | E |
| The flower fades and dies but he | F |
| who wears the flower has not to | G |
| mourn for it for ever | H |
| Brother keep that in mind and | A |
| rejoice | C |
| There must come a full pause to | G |
| weave perfection into music | I |
| Life droops toward its sunset to be | F |
| drowned in the golden shadows | J |
| Love must be called from its play | K |
| to drink sorrow and be borne to the | L |
| heaven of tears | M |
| Brother keep that in min and | A |
| rejoice | C |
| We hasten to gather our flowers lest | N |
| they are plundered by the passing | O |
| winds | P |
| It quickens our blood and brightens | Q |
| our eyes to snatch kisses that would | R |
| vanish if we delayed | S |
| Our life is eager our desires are keen | T |
| for time tolls the bell of parting | O |
| Brother keep that in mind and | A |
| rejoice | C |
| There is not time for us to clasp a | L |
| thing and crush it and fling it away to | G |
| the dust | U |
| The hours trip rapidly away hiding | O |
| their dreams in their skirts | V |
| Our life is short it yields but a | L |
| few days for love | W |
| Were it for work and drudgery it | X |
| would be endlessly long | E |
| Brother keep that in mind and | A |
| rejoice | C |
| Beauty is sweet to us because she | F |
| dances to the same fleeting tune with | Y |
| our lives | Z |
| Knowledge is precious to us because | A2 |
| we shall never have time to | G |
| complete it | X |
| All is done and finished in the eternal | B2 |
| Heaven | D |
| But earth's flowers of illusion are | C2 |
| kept eternally fresh by death | D2 |
| Brother keep that in mind and | A |
| rejoice | C |
Rabindranath Tagore
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