The Ballad Of God-makers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB DEFE AGHG BIB BBJ BBB HBBB BKLK BMNM O PQ B QB RSTS UIQI| A bird flew out at the break of day | A |
| From the nest where it had curled | B |
| And ere the eve the bird had set | C |
| Fear on the kings of the world | B |
| - | |
| The first tree it lit upon | D |
| Was green with leaves unshed | B |
| The second tree it lit upon | D |
| Was red with apples red | B |
| - | |
| The third tree it lit upon | D |
| Was barren and was brown | E |
| Save for a dead man nailed thereon | F |
| On a hill above a town | E |
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| That right the kings of the earth were gay | A |
| And filled the cup and can | G |
| Last night the kings of the earth were chill | H |
| For dread of a naked man | G |
| - | |
| 'If he speak two more words ' they said | B |
| 'The slave is more than the free | I |
| If he speak three more words ' they said | B |
| 'The stars are under the sea ' | - |
| - | |
| Said the King of the East to the King of the West | B |
| I wot his frown was set | B |
| 'Lo let us slay him and make him as dung | J |
| It is well that the world forget ' | - |
| - | |
| Said the King of the West to the King of the East | B |
| I wot his smile was dread | B |
| 'Nay let us slay him and make him a god | B |
| It is well that our god be dead ' | - |
| - | |
| They set the young man on a hill | H |
| They nailed him to a rod | B |
| And there in darkness and in blood | B |
| They made themselves a god | B |
| - | |
| And the mightiest word was left unsaid | B |
| And the world had never a mark | K |
| And the strongest man of the sons of men | L |
| Went dumb into the dark | K |
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| Then hymns and harps of praise they brought | B |
| Incense and gold and myrrh | M |
| And they thronged above the seraphim | N |
| The poor dead carpenter | M |
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| 'Thou art the prince of all ' they sang | O |
| 'Ocean and earth and air ' | - |
| Then the bird flew on to the cruel cross | P |
| And hid in the dead man's hair | Q |
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| 'Thou art the sun of the world ' they cried | B |
| 'Speak if our prayers be heard ' | - |
| And the brown bird stirred in the dead man's hair | Q |
| And it seemed that the dead man stirred | B |
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| Then a shriek went up like the world's last cry | R |
| From all nations under heaven | S |
| And a master fell before a slave | T |
| And begged to be forgiven | S |
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| They cowered for dread in his wakened eyes | U |
| The ancient wrath to see | I |
| And the bird flew out of the dead Christ's hair | Q |
| And lit on a lemon tree | I |
G. K. Chesterton
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