To My Godchild Alice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBACAC ADEFGEACDC AAHFFHACAC AAIJJIACAC| ALICE Alice little Alice | A |
| My new christened baby Alice | A |
| Can there ever rhymes be found | B |
| To express my wishes for thee | C |
| In a silvery flowing worthy | C |
| Of that silvery sound | B |
| Bonnie Alice Lady Alice | A |
| Sure this sweetest name must be | C |
| A true omen to thee Alice | A |
| Of a life's long melody | C |
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| Alice Alice little Alice | A |
| Mayst thou prove a golden chalice | D |
| Filled with holiness like wine | E |
| With rich blessings running o'er | F |
| Yet replenished evermore | G |
| From a fount divine | E |
| Alice Alice little Alice | A |
| When this future comes to thee | C |
| In thy young life's brimming chalice | D |
| Keep some drops of balm for me | C |
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| Alice Alice little Alice | A |
| Mayst thou grow a goodly palace | A |
| Fitly framed from roof to floors | H |
| Pure unto the inmost centre | F |
| While high thoughts like angels enter | F |
| At the open doors | H |
| Alice Alice little Alice | A |
| When this beauteous sight I see | C |
| In thy woman heart's wide palace | A |
| Keep one nook of love for me | C |
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| Alice Alice little Alice | A |
| Sure the verse halts out of malice | A |
| To the thoughts it feebly bears | I |
| And thy name's soft echoes ranging | J |
| From quaint rhyme to rhyme are changing | J |
| Into silent prayers | I |
| God be with thee little Alice | A |
| Of His bounteousness may He | C |
| Fill the chalice build the palace | A |
| Here unto eternity | C |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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