The First Waits Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLML NOP QFIF RSTS| A MEDITATION FOR ALL | A |
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| SO Christmas is here again | B |
| While the house sleeps quiet as death | C |
| 'Neath the midnight moon comes the Waits' shrill tune | D |
| And we listen and hold our breath | C |
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| The Christmas that never was | E |
| On this foggy November air | F |
| With clear pale gleam like the ghost of a dream | G |
| It is painted everywhere | F |
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| The Christmas that might have been | H |
| It is borne in the far off sound | I |
| Down the empty street with the tread of feet | J |
| That lie silent underground | I |
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| The Christmas that yet may be | K |
| Like the Bethlehem star leads kind | L |
| Yet our life slips past hour by hour fast fast | M |
| Few before and many behind | L |
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| The Christmas we have and hold | N |
| With a tremulous tender strain | O |
| Half joy half fears Be the psalm of the years | P |
| 'Grief passes blessings remain ' | - |
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| The Christmas that sure will come | Q |
| Let us think of at fireside fair | F |
| When church bells sound o'er one small green mound | I |
| Which the neighbors pass to prayer | F |
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| The Christmas that God will give | R |
| Long after all these are o'er | S |
| When is day nor night for the LAMB is our Light | T |
| And we live forevermore | S |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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