Christmas-day, 1878 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBA ACACCA ADEDDA| I think I might be weary of this day | A |
| That comes inevitably every year | B |
| The same when I was young and strong and gay | A |
| The same when I am old and growing sere | B |
| I should grow weary of it every year | B |
| But that thou comest to me every day | A |
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| I shall grow weary if thou every day | A |
| But come to me Lord of eternal life | C |
| I shall grow weary thus to watch and pray | A |
| For ever out of labour into strife | C |
| Take everlasting house with me my life | C |
| And I shall be new born this Christmas day | A |
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| Thou art the Eternal Son and born no day | A |
| But ever he the Father thou the Son | D |
| I am his child but being born alway | E |
| How long O Lord how long till it be done | D |
| Be thou from endless years to years the Son | D |
| And I thy brother new born every day | A |
George Macdonald
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