I Lie Down With God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBDEAAFGAHIJKL| Ilie down with God and may God lie down with me | A |
| The right hand of God under my head | B |
| The two hands of Mary round about me | A |
| The cross of the nine white angels | C |
| From the back of my head | B |
| To the sole of my feet | D |
| May I not lie with evil | E |
| And may evil not lie with me | A |
| Anna mother of Mary | A |
| Mary mother of Christ | F |
| Elizabeth mother of John Baptist | G |
| I myself beseech these three | A |
| To keep the couch free from sickness | H |
| The tree on which Christ suffered | I |
| Be between me and the heavy lying | J |
| And any other thing that seeks my harm | K |
| With the will of God and the aid of the glorious Virgin | L |
Eleanor Hull
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