To The New-born Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEF GGHH IIJJ| A BLESSING on thy head thou child of many hopes and fears | A |
| A rainbow welcome thine hath been of mingled smiles and tears | B |
| Thy father greets thee unto life with a full and chasten'd heart | C |
| For a solemn gift from God thou com'st all precious as thou art | C |
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| I see thee not asleep fair boy upon thy mother's breast | D |
| Yet well I know how guarded there shall be thy rosy rest | D |
| And how her soul with love and prayer and gladness will o'erflow | E |
| While bending o'er thy soft seal'd eyes thou dear one well I know | F |
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| A blessing on thy gentle head and bless'd thou art in truth | G |
| For a home where God is felt awaits thy childhood and thy youth | G |
| Around thee pure and holy thoughts shall dwell as light and air | H |
| And steal unto thine heart and wake the germs now folded there | H |
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| Smile on thy mother while she feels that unto her is given | I |
| In that young day spring glance the pledge of a soul to rear for heaven | I |
| Smile and sweet peace be o'er thy sleep joy o'er thy wakening shed | J |
| Blessings and blessings evermore fair boy upon thy head | J |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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