When Baby Strayed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FG HH II AA JAAKLLMMAAAAAA AAA| When Baby strayed it seemed to me | A |
| Sun moon and stars waned suddenly | A |
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| At once with frenzied haste my feet | B |
| Ran up and down the busy street | B |
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| If ever in my life I prayed | C |
| It was the evening Baby strayed | C |
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| And yet my great concern was this | D |
| Not dread of losing Baby's kiss | D |
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| And Baby's soft small hand in mine | E |
| And Baby's comradeship divine | E |
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| 'Twas BABY'S terror BABY'S fears | F |
| Whose hand but mine could dry her tears | G |
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| I without Baby In my need | H |
| I were a piteous soul indeed | H |
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| But piteous far beyond all other | I |
| A little child without a mother | I |
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| And God in mercy graciously | A |
| Gave my lost darling back to me | A |
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| O high and lofty One | J |
| THOU couldst have lived to all eternity | A |
| Apart from ME | A |
| In majesty upon that emerald throne | K |
| Thou with Thy morning stars | L |
| Thy dawns with golden bars | L |
| And all the music of the heavenly train | M |
| Possessing all things what hadst Thou to gain | M |
| By seeking me | A |
| What was I and what am I less than nought | A |
| And yet Thy mercy sought | A |
| Yea Thou hast set my feet | A |
| Upon the way of holiness and sweet | A |
| It is to seek Thee daily unafraid | A |
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| But this I learnt the night that Baby strayed | A |
| Here was Thy chief Thy great concern for me | A |
| My desolate estate apart from Thee | A |
Fay Inchfawn
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