Thorwaldsen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAABBADEDEED| Not in the fabled influence of some star | A |
| Benign or evil do our fortunes lie | B |
| We are the arbiters of destiny | C |
| Lords of the life we either make or mar | A |
| We are our own impediment and bar | A |
| To noble endings With distracted eye | B |
| We let the golden moment pass us by | B |
| Time's foolish spendthrifts searching wide and far | A |
| For what lies close at hand To serve our turn | D |
| We ask fair wind and favorable tide | E |
| From the dead Danish sculptor let us learn | D |
| To make Occasion not to be denied | E |
| Against the sheer precipitous mountain side | E |
| Thorwaldsen carved his Lion at Lucerne | D |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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