Vanity Of Vanities Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGH IIJJ KLAA EEMN OOJ JJPP QRHH SSAA| Be ye happy if ye may | A |
| In the years that pass away | A |
| Ye shall pass and be forgot | B |
| And your place shall know you not | B |
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| Other generations rise | C |
| With the same hope in their eyes | C |
| That in yours is kindled now | D |
| And the same light on their brow | D |
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| They shall see the selfsame sun | E |
| That your eyes now gaze upon | F |
| They shall breathe the same sweet air | G |
| And shall reck not who ye were | H |
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| Yet they too shall fade at last | I |
| In the twilight of the past | I |
| They and you alike shall be | J |
| Lost from the world's memory | J |
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| Then while yet ye breathe and live | K |
| Drink the cup that life can give | L |
| Be ye happy if ye may | A |
| In the years that pass away | A |
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| Ere the golden bowl be broken | E |
| Ere ye pass and leave no token | E |
| Ere the silver cord be loosed | M |
| Ere ye turn again to dust | N |
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| And shall this be all ' ye cry | O |
| But to eat and drink and die | O |
| If no more than this there be | J |
| Vanity of vanity ' | - |
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| Yea all things are vanity | J |
| And what else but vain are ye | J |
| Ye who boast yourselves the kings | P |
| Over all created things | P |
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| Kings whence came your right to reign | Q |
| Ye shall be dethroned again | R |
| Yet for this your one brief hour | H |
| Wield your mockery of power | H |
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| Dupes of Fate that treads you down | S |
| Wear awhile your tinsel crown | S |
| Be ye happy if ye may | A |
| In the years that pass away | A |
Robert Fuller Murray
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