I. M. R. G. C. B. 1878 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC ABAB ABBAA DEED DEDE DEEDD FFGHF FFGI FFGGFI| The ways of Death are soothing and serene | A |
| And all the words of Death are grave and sweet | B |
| From camp and church the fireside and the street | B |
| She beckons forth and strife and song have been | C |
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| A summer night descending cool and green | A |
| And dark on daytime's dust and stress and heat | B |
| The ways of Death are soothing and serene | A |
| And all the words of Death are grave and sweet | B |
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| O glad and sorrowful with triumphant mien | A |
| And radiant faces look upon and greet | B |
| This last of all your lovers and to meet | B |
| Her kiss the Comforter's your spirit lean | A |
| The ways of Death are soothing and serene | A |
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| We shall surely die | D |
| Must we needs grow old | E |
| Grow old and cold | E |
| And we know not why | D |
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| O the By and By | D |
| And the tale that's told | E |
| We shall surely die | D |
| Must we needs grow old | E |
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| Grow old and sigh | D |
| Grudge and withhold | E |
| Resent and scold | E |
| Not you and I | D |
| We shall surely die | D |
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| What is to come we know not But we know | F |
| That what has been was good was good to show | F |
| Better to hide and best of all to bear | G |
| We are the masters of the days that were | H |
| We have lived we have loved we have suffered even so | F |
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| Shall we not take the ebb who had the flow | F |
| Life was our friend Now if it be our foe | F |
| Dear though it spoil and break us need we care | G |
| What is to come | I |
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| Let the great winds their worst and wildest blow | F |
| Or the gold weather round us mellow slow | F |
| We have fulfilled ourselves and we can dare | G |
| And we can conquer though we may not share | G |
| In the rich quiet of the afterglow | F |
| What is to come | I |
William Ernest Henley
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