God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCBDB CECECEDB CFGFEFDB HBCBIBDB JBKBLBDB FBCBKBDB MNBNONDBGod rest you merry gentlemen | A |
Let nothing you dismay | B |
For Jesus Christ our Saviour | C |
Was born upon this day | B |
To save us all from Satan's power | C |
When we were gone astray | B |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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In Bethlehem in Jury | C |
This blessed babe was born | E |
And laid within a manger | C |
Upon this blessed morn | E |
The which his mother Mary | C |
Nothing did take in scorn | E |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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From God our Heavenly Father | C |
A blessed Angel came | F |
And unto certain Shepherds | G |
Brought tidings of the same | F |
How that in Bethlehem was born | E |
The Son of God by name | F |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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Fear not then said the Angel | H |
Let nothing you affright | B |
This day is born a Saviour | C |
Of virtue power and might | B |
So frequently to vanquish all | I |
The friends of Satan quite | B |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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The Shepherds at those tidings | J |
Rejoiced much in mind | B |
And left their flocks a feeding | K |
In tempest storm and wind | B |
And went to Bethlehem straightway | L |
This blessed babe to find | B |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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But when to Bethlehem they came | F |
Whereas this infant lay | B |
They found him in a manger | C |
Where oxen feed on hay | B |
His mother Mary kneeling | K |
Unto the Lord did pray | B |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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Now to the Lord sing praises | M |
All you within this place | N |
And with true love and brotherhood | B |
Each other now embrace | N |
This holy tide of Christmas | O |
All others doth deface | N |
O tidings of comfort and joy | D |
Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day | B |
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