By The Cradle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK| Close her eyes she must not peep | A |
| Let her little puds go slack | B |
| Slide away far into sleep | A |
| Sis will watch till she comes back | B |
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| Mother's knitting at the door | C |
| Waiting till the kettle sings | D |
| When the kettle's song is o'er | E |
| She will set the bright tea things | D |
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| Father's busy making hay | F |
| In the meadow by the brook | G |
| Not so very far away | F |
| Close its peeps it needn't look | G |
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| God is round us everywhere | H |
| Sees the scythe glitter and rip | I |
| Watches baby gone somewhere | H |
| Sees how mother's fingers skip | I |
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| Sleep dear baby sleep outright | J |
| Mother's sitting just behind | K |
| Father's only out of sight | J |
| God is round us like the wind | K |
George Macdonald
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