With Esther Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAEFGFHII JKJKLMNMCOCOPP| He who has once been happy is for aye | A |
| Out of destruction's reach His fortune then | B |
| Holds nothing secret and Eternity | C |
| Which is a mystery to other men | B |
| Has like a woman given him its joy | D |
| Time is his conquest Life if it should fret | E |
| Has paid him tribute He can bear to die | A |
| He who has once been happy When I set | E |
| The world before me and survey its range | F |
| Its mean ambitions its scant fantasies | G |
| The shreds of pleasure which for lack of change | F |
| Men wrap around them and call happiness | H |
| The poor delights which are the tale and sum | I |
| Of the world's courage in its martyrdom | I |
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| When I hear laughter from a tavern door | J |
| When I see crowds agape and in the rain | K |
| Watching on tiptoe and with stifled roar | J |
| To see a rocket fired or a bull slain | K |
| When misers handle gold when orators | L |
| Touch strong men's hearts with glory till they weep | M |
| When cities deck their streets for barren wars | N |
| Which have laid waste their youth and when I keep | M |
| Calmly the count of my own life and see | C |
| On what poor stuff my manhood's dreams were fed | O |
| Till I too learn'd what dole of vanity | C |
| Will serve a human soul for daily bread | O |
| Then I remember that I once was young | P |
| And lived with Esther the world's gods among | P |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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