Mediaeval Eventide Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDCC EFBC GGHH AABC| Come hither lyttel childe and lie upon my breast to night | A |
| For yonder fares an angell yclad in raimaunt white | A |
| And yonder sings ye angell as onely angells may | B |
| And his songe ben of a garden that bloometh farre awaye | C |
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| To them that have no lyttel childe Godde sometimes sendeth down | D |
| A lyttel childe that ben a lyttel lambkyn of his owne | D |
| And if so bee they love that childe He willeth it to staye | C |
| But elsewise in His mercie He taketh it awaye | C |
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| And sometimes though they love it Godde yearneth for ye childe | E |
| And sendeth angells singing whereby it ben beguiled | F |
| They fold their arms about ye lamb that croodleth at his play | B |
| And beare him to ye garden that bloometh farre awaye | C |
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| I wolde not lose ye lyttel lamb that Godde hath lent to me | G |
| If I colde sing that angell songe how joysome I sholde bee | G |
| For with mine arms about him and my musick in his eare | H |
| What angell songe of paradize soever sholde I feare | H |
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| Soe come my lyttel childe and lie upon my breast to night | A |
| For yonder fares an angell yclad in raimaunt white | A |
| And yonder sings that angell as onely angells may | B |
| And his songe ben of a garden that bloometh farre awaye | C |
Eugene Field
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