The Diamond And The Pebble Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM NONOPQPQ| Why value ye the diamond and | A |
| The pearl from Ceylon's balmy shore | B |
| When stones unnumber'd strew the land | C |
| And in the sea are millions more | B |
| Why treasure ye each silver bar | D |
| And watch with Argus eye your gold | E |
| When lead and iron near and far | D |
| Are strewn beneath the rocks and mould | E |
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| Ye prize those shining gems because | F |
| Their sparkling beauty cheers the eye | G |
| And by the force of nature's laws | F |
| They never in profusion lie | G |
| Could we Aladdin like descend | H |
| Into a place where diamonds grow | I |
| Our minds would then most surely tend | H |
| To value diamonds very low | I |
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| The emerald's or diamond's shine | J |
| Is valued not for that alone | K |
| But for its absence in the mine | J |
| Where thousands lie of common stone | K |
| And thus within the world of thought | L |
| The pebble and the lead abound | M |
| But real pearls are seldom brought | L |
| And gold or silver rarely found | M |
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| We all have thoughts we speak them too | N |
| The world is fill'd with words of men | O |
| But still is priz'd the precious hue | N |
| Of golden thoughts from tongue or pen | O |
| And he who digs and brings to light | P |
| A lovely thought a pearly gem | Q |
| 'Twill surely shine with lustre bright | P |
| For men to cheer and better them | Q |
Thomas Frederick Young
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