Man And His Pleasures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG HAHA| 'Tis not with glad fruition crown'd | A |
| We always feel our greatest joy | B |
| For pleasure often dwells around | A |
| The heart that hopes and knows no cloy | B |
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| We wait we watch we think we plan | C |
| To catch the pleasure ere it flies | D |
| But when 'tis caught for which we ran | C |
| It often droops perchance it dies | D |
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| In truth the non possession oft' | A |
| Creates the chief the only charm | E |
| Of that which once obtain'd is scoff'd | A |
| And oft' receiv'd with vex'd alarm | E |
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| The mind of man is strange and deep | F |
| Deceiving others and himself | G |
| Its wiles would make an angel weep | F |
| In strife for praise for power and pelf | G |
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| Strange mixture of the good and ill | H |
| He strives continually to bend | A |
| Those qualities with wondrous skill | H |
| To meet in one which never blend | A |
Thomas Frederick Young
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