A Song Of Success Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKCKC| Ho we were strong we were swift we were brave | A |
| Youth was a challenge and Life was a fight | B |
| All that was best in us gladly we gave | A |
| Sprang from the rally and leapt for the height | B |
| Smiling is Love in a foam of Spring flowers | C |
| Harden our hearts to him on let us press | D |
| Oh what a triumph and pride shall be ours | C |
| See where it beacons the star of success | D |
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| Cares seem to crowd on us so much to do | E |
| New fields to conquer and time's on the wing | F |
| Grey hairs are showing a wrinkle or two | E |
| Somehow our footstep is losing its spring | F |
| Pleasure's forsaken us Love ceased to smile | G |
| Youth has been funeralled Age travels fast | H |
| Sometimes we wonder is it worth while | G |
| There we have gained to the summit at last | H |
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| Aye we have triumphed Now must we haste | I |
| Revel in victory why what is wrong | J |
| Life's choicest vintage is flat to the taste | I |
| Are we too late Have we laboured too long | J |
| Wealth power fame we hold ah but the truth | K |
| Would we not give this vain glory of ours | C |
| For one mad glad year of glorious youth | K |
| Life in the Springtide and Love in the flowers | C |
Robert William Service
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