The Angel's Kiss Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD AA EE FF GH DD II JJJ| An angel stood beside the bed | A |
| Where lay the living and the dead | A |
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| He gave the mother her who died | B |
| A kiss that Christ the Crucified | B |
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| Had sent to greet the weary soul | C |
| When worn and faint it reached its goal | C |
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| He gave the infant kisses twain | D |
| One on the breast one on the brain | D |
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| Go forth into the world he said | A |
| With blessings on your heart and head | A |
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| For God who ruleth righteously | E |
| Hath ordered that to such as be | E |
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| From birth deprived of mother's love | F |
| I bring His blessing from above | F |
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| But if the mother's life he spare | G |
| Then she is made God's messenger | H |
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| To kiss and pray that heart and brain | D |
| May go through life without a stain | D |
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| The infant moved towards the light | I |
| The angel spread his wings in flight | I |
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| But each man carries to his grave | J |
| The kisses that in hopes to save | J |
| The angel or his mother gave | J |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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