An Old Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFHIJIJ A BBBBKLKL MNMNOPOP A QRSRBBBB EEEEEDED T UNUNNVNV ELELWNWN

IA
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In the ancient house of agesB
See they cannot restC
With a hope which awe assuagesB
Tremble all the blestC
For the son and heir eternalD
To be son yet moreE
Leaves his stately chair supernalD
For the earth's low floorE
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Leaves the room so high and oldF
Leaves the all world hearthG
Seeks the out air frosty coldF
Of the twilight earthH
To be throned in newer gloryI
In a mother's lapJ
Gather up our broken storyI
And right every hapJ
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IIA
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There Earth's foster baby liesB
Sleep dimmed all his gracesB
'Neath four stars of parents' eyesB
And two heavens of facesB
See the cow and ass dumb staringK
Feel the skirts of goodL
Fold them in dull blessed sharingK
Of infinitudeL
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Make a little room betwixt youM
Pray you Ass and CowN
Sure we shall if I kneel next youM
Know each other nowN
To the pit fallen comes salvationO
Love is never loathP
Here we are thy whole creationO
Waiting Lord thy growthP
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IIIA
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On the slopes of BethlehemQ
Round their resting sheepR
Shepherds sat and went and cameS
Guarding holy sleepR
But the silent high dome spacesB
Airy galleriesB
Thronged they were with watching facesB
Thronged with open eyesB
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Far across the desert floorE
Come slow drawing nigherE
Sages deep in starry loreE
Priests of burning FireE
In the sky they read his storyE
And through starlight coolD
They come riding to the GloryE
To the WonderfulD
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IVT
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Babe and mother coming MageU
Shepherd ass and cowN
Angels watching the new ageU
Time's intensest NowN
Heaven down brooding Earth upstrainingN
Far ends closing inV
Sure the eternal tide is gainingN
On the strand of sinV
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See but see Heaven's chapel masterE
Signs with lifted handL
Winds divine blow fast and fasterE
Swelling bosoms grandL
Hark the torrent joy let slipW
Hark the great throats ringN
Glory Peace Good fellowshipW
And a Child for kingN

George Macdonald



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