A Christmas Greeting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC DEDEFGFG HIHICJCJ KLKLHDHD| Here's to you little mother | A |
| With your boy so far away | B |
| May the joy of service smother | A |
| All your grief this Christmas day | B |
| May the magic of his splendor | A |
| Thrill your spirit through and through | C |
| And may all that's fine and tender | A |
| Make a smiling day for you | C |
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| May you never know the sadness | D |
| That from day to day you dread | E |
| May you never find but gladness | D |
| In the Flag that's overhead | E |
| May the good God watch above him | F |
| As he stands to duty stern | G |
| And at last to all who love him | F |
| May he have a safe return | G |
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| Little mother take the blessing | H |
| Of a grateful nation's heart | I |
| May the news that is distressing | H |
| Never cause your tears to start | I |
| May there be no fears to haunt you | C |
| And no lonely hours and sad | J |
| May your trials never daunt you | C |
| But may every day be glad | J |
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| Little Mother could I do it | K |
| This my Christmas gift would be | L |
| That he'd safely battle through it | K |
| This to you I'd guarantee | L |
| And I'd pledge to you this morning | H |
| Joys to banish all your cares | D |
| Gifts of gold and silver scorning | H |
| I would answer all your prayers | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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