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 lies | A |
| Go angels walking to and fro singing their lullabies | A |
| Their radiant wings are folded and their eyes are bended low | B |
| As they sing among the beds whereon the flowers delight to grow | B |
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| Sleep oh sleep | C |
| The Shepherd guardeth His sheep | C |
| Fast speedeth the night away | D |
| Soon cometh the glorious day | D |
| Sleep weary ones while ye may | D |
| Sleep oh sleep | C |
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| The flowers within God's Acre see that fair and wondrous sight | E |
| And hear the angels singing to the sleepers through the night | E |
| And lo throughout the hours of day those gentle flowers prolong | F |
| The music of the angels in that tender slumber song | F |
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| Sleep oh sleep | C |
| The Shepherd loveth His sheep | C |
| He that guardeth His flock the best | G |
| Hath folded them to His loving breast | G |
| So sleep ye now and take your rest | G |
| Sleep oh sleep | C |
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| From angel and from flower the years have learned that soothing song | F |
| And with its heavenly music speed the days and nights along | F |
| So through all time whose flight the Shepherd's vigils glorify | H |
| God's Acre slumbereth in the grace of that sweet lullaby | H |
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| Sleep oh sleep | C |
| The Shepherd loveth His sheep | C |
| Fast speedeth the night away | D |
| Soon cometh the glorious day | D |
| Sleep weary ones while ye may | D |
| Sleep oh sleep | C |
Eugene Field
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