Poet Eugene Field

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The Singing In God's Acre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDDDC EEFF CCGGGC FFHH CCDDDC

Out yonder in the moonlight wherein God's Acre liesA
Go angels walking to and fro singing their lullabiesA
Their radiant wings are folded and their eyes are bended lowB
As they sing among the beds whereon the flowers delight to growB
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Sleep oh sleepC
The Shepherd guardeth His sheepC
Fast speedeth the night awayD
Soon cometh the glorious dayD
Sleep weary ones while ye mayD
Sleep oh sleepC
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The flowers within God's Acre see that fair and wondrous sightE
And hear the angels singing to the sleepers through the nightE
And lo throughout the hours of day those gentle flowers prolongF
The music of the angels in that tender slumber songF
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Sleep oh sleepC
The Shepherd loveth His sheepC
He that guardeth His flock the bestG
Hath folded them to His loving breastG
So sleep ye now and take your restG
Sleep oh sleepC
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From angel and from flower the years have learned that soothing songF
And with its heavenly music speed the days and nights alongF
So through all time whose flight the Shepherd's vigils glorifyH
God's Acre slumbereth in the grace of that sweet lullabyH
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Sleep oh sleepC
The Shepherd loveth His sheepC
Fast speedeth the night awayD
Soon cometh the glorious dayD
Sleep weary ones while ye mayD
Sleep oh sleepC

Eugene Field



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