The Mother's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDBDEFFGGBEB HIJIDKLKBFAF MHNHBOPO QRSRTUGB VWXWYANAZA2B2A2BBC2B D2E2F2E2F2G2H2G2BBAB| This was my little son | A |
| Who leapt and laughed on my knee | B |
| Body we made with love | C |
| Soul made with love by Thee | B |
| This was the mystery | B |
| In which I worshipped Thy grace | D |
| This was the sign to me | B |
| The unveiling of Thy face | D |
| This that lies under Thy skies | E |
| Naked as on that day | F |
| When the floor of heaven gave way | F |
| And the glory of God shone through | G |
| When the world was made new | G |
| And Thy word was made flesh for me | B |
| He lies there bare to Thy skies | E |
| O Lord God see | B |
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| Body that was in mine | H |
| A secret sacred spell | I |
| Little hands I have kissed | J |
| Trampled by beasts in Hell | I |
| Growing beauty and grace | D |
| Oh head that lay on my bosom | K |
| Broken battered shattered | L |
| Body that grew like a blossom | K |
| All that was promised me | B |
| On my life's royal day | F |
| Every promise broken | A |
| Only a ghost and clay | F |
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| O God I kneel at Thy feet | M |
| I lay my hands in Thine | H |
| Thou gavest Thy Son for the world | N |
| And shall I not give mine | H |
| Only O God have pity | B |
| All my defences are down | O |
| God I accept the Cross | P |
| Let HIM have the Crown | O |
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| By all that my love has borne | Q |
| By all that all mothers bear | R |
| By the infinite patient anguish | S |
| By the never ceasing prayer | R |
| By the thoughts that cut like a living knife | T |
| By the tears that are never dry | U |
| Take what he died to win You | G |
| God take Your victory | B |
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| We have watched on till the light burned low | V |
| And watched the dawn awake | W |
| We have lived hardly and hardly fared | X |
| For our sons' sake | W |
| All that was good in Thy earth | Y |
| All that taught us of Heaven | A |
| All that we had in the world | N |
| We have given | A |
| We pray with empty hands | Z |
| And hearts that are stiff with pain | A2 |
| O God O God O God | B2 |
| Let the sacrifice not be vain | A2 |
| This is his blood Lord see | B |
| His blood that was shed for Thee | B |
| Thy banner is dyed in that red tide | C2 |
| Lord take Thy victory | B |
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| God give Thine angels power | D2 |
| To fight as he fought | E2 |
| To scatter the hosts of evil | F2 |
| To bring their boastings to naught | E2 |
| Gabriel with trumpet of battle | F2 |
| Michael who wields Thy sword | G2 |
| Breathe Thou Thy spirit upon them | H2 |
| Put forth Thy strength O Lord | G2 |
| See Lord this is his body | B |
| Broken for Thee for Thee | B |
| My son my little son | A |
| Who leapt and laughed on my knee | B |
Edith Nesbit
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