Christmastide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DEED FGGF HIIH AJJA| I may not go to night to Bethlehem | A |
| Nor follow star directed ways nor tread | B |
| The paths wherein the shepherds walked that led | B |
| To Christ and peace and God's good will to men | C |
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| I may not hear the Herald Angel's song | D |
| Peal through the Oriental skies nor see | E |
| The wonder of that Heavenly company | E |
| Announce the King the world had waited long | D |
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| The manger throne I may not kneel before | F |
| Or see how man to God is reconciled | G |
| Through pure St Mary's purer holier child | G |
| The human Christ these eyes may not adore | F |
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| I may not carry frankincense and myrrh | H |
| With adoration to the Holy One | I |
| Nor gold have I to give the Perfect Son | I |
| To be with those wise kings a worshipper | H |
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| Not mine the joy that Heaven sent to them | A |
| For ages since Time swung and locked his gates | J |
| But I may kneel without the star still waits | J |
| To guide me on to holy Bethlehem | A |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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