Translations. - Advent. (luther's Song-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEF AAGG AAHH AAIG JKLL MMNN OOAP| Come saviour of nations wild | A |
| Of the maiden owned the child | A |
| That may wonder all the earth | B |
| God should grant it such a birth | B |
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| Not of man's flesh or man's blood | C |
| Only of the Spirit of God | D |
| Is God's Word a man become | E |
| And blooms the fruit of woman's womb | F |
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| Maiden she was found with child | A |
| Nor was chastity defiled | A |
| Many a virtue from her shone | G |
| God was there upon his throne | G |
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| From that chamber of content | A |
| Royal palace pure he went | A |
| God by kind in human grace | H |
| Forth he comes to run his race | H |
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| From the Father came his road | A |
| And returns again to God | A |
| Unto hell it did go down | I |
| Up then to the Father's throne | G |
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| Thou the Father's form express | J |
| Get thee victory in the flesh | K |
| That thy godlike power in us | L |
| Make sick flesh victorious | L |
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| Shines thy manger bright and fair | M |
| Sets the night a new star there | M |
| Darkness thence must keep away | N |
| Faith dwells ever in the day | N |
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| Honour unto God be done | O |
| Honour to his only son | O |
| Honour to the Holy Ghost | A |
| Now and ever ending not Amen | P |
George Macdonald
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