The Vanity Of Wealth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFFFGGHHFF FFIIFFJJ

No more thus brooding o'er yon heapA
With avarice painful vigils keepA
Still unenjoy'd the present storeB
Still endless sighs are breathed for moreB
O quit the shadow catch the prizeC
Which not all India's treasure buysC
To purchase with heaven has gold the powerD
Can gold remove the mortal hourD
In life can love be bought with goldE
Are friendship's pleasures to be soldE
No all that's worth a wish a thoughtF
Fair virtue gives unbribed unboughtF
Cease then on trash thy hopes to bindF
Let noble views engage thy mindF
With science tread the wondrous wayG
Or learn the Muses' moral layG
In social hours indulge thy soulH
Where mirth and temperance mix the bowlH
To virtuous love resign thy breastF
And be by blessing beauty bless'dF
Thus taste the feast by Nature spreadF
Ere youth and all its joys are fledF
Come taste with me the balm of lifeI
Secure from pomp and wealth and strifeI
I boast whate'er for man was meantF
In health and Stella and contentF
And scorn oh let that scorn be thineJ
Mere things of clay that dig the mineJ

Samuel Johnson



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