Temptation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFH IJIK LMLMENEN| The greatest glory consists not in never falling but in getting up every time you fall CONFUCIUS | A |
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| The raging force of passion's storm | B |
| Say who can check at will | C |
| Or cope with sin in ev'ry form | B |
| With ever conquering skill | C |
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| How oft we've tried and hop'd and pray'd | D |
| To conquer in the right | E |
| But still how oft our hearts dismay'd | D |
| Have fail'd amid the fight | E |
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| But still we fought the wrong we loath'd | F |
| And though we fought in vain | G |
| Our wills in fleshly weakness cloth'd | F |
| Would try the fight again | H |
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| And He I apprehend who sees | I |
| And knows our struggles here | J |
| Will lead us onward by degrees | I |
| To triumph though we fear | K |
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| And even tho' we're never quit | L |
| Of these sharp earthly thorns | M |
| In black despair we'll never sit | L |
| Till danger's signal warns | M |
| We'll gird ourselves anew to fight | E |
| Our fell determin'd foe | N |
| And with experience's light | E |
| Each time more skilful grow | N |
Thomas Frederick Young
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