When A Little Baby Dies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBBDE FGDHIIJ KKLMII H| When a little baby dies | A |
| And the wee form silent lies | A |
| And the little cheeks seem waxen | B |
| And the little hands are still | C |
| Then your soul gives way to treason | B |
| And you cry 'O God what reason | B |
| O what justice and what mercy | D |
| Have You shown us by Your will ' | E |
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| 'Oh there are so many here | F |
| Of the yellow leaf and sere | G |
| Who are anxious aye and ready | D |
| To respond unto Your call | H |
| Yet You pass them by unheeding | I |
| And You set our hearts to bleeding | I |
| Oh how bitterly upon us | J |
| Do Your vaunted mercies fall ' | - |
| - | |
| Yet some day in after years | K |
| When Death's angel once more nears | K |
| And the unknown silent river | L |
| Looms as darkly as a pall | M |
| You will hear your baby saying | I |
| 'Mamma come to me I'm staying | I |
| With my arms outstretched to greet you ' | - |
| And you'll understand it all | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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