A Rocking Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD AEAEDD FGFHDD IJIJDD AKLKDD CMAMDD JHJHDD NONLDD PQPQDD RSRSDD TJTJDD UVUVDD| Sweet baby sleep what ails my dear | A |
| What ails my darling thus to cry | B |
| Be still my child and lend thine ear | C |
| To hear me sing thy lullaby | B |
| My pretty lamb forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my dear sweet baby sleep | D |
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| Thou blessed soul what canst thou fear | A |
| What thing to thee can mischief do | E |
| Thy God is now thy father dear | A |
| His holy Spouse thy mother too | E |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| Though thy conception was in sin | F |
| A sacred bathing thou hast had | G |
| And though thy birth unclean hath been | F |
| A blameless babe thou now art made | H |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my dear sweet baby sleep | D |
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| While thus thy lullaby I sing | I |
| For thee great blessings ripening be | J |
| Thine eldest brother is a King | I |
| And hath a kingdom bought for thee | J |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| Sweet baby sleep and nothing fear | A |
| For whosoever thee offends | K |
| By thy protector threat'ned are | L |
| And God and angels are thy friends | K |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| When God with us was dwelling here | C |
| In little babes he took delight | M |
| Such innocents as thou my dear | A |
| Are ever precious in His sight | M |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| A little infant once was He | J |
| And strength in weakness then was laid | H |
| Upon His virgin mother's knee | J |
| That power to thee might be conveyed | H |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| In this thy frailty and thy need | N |
| He friends and helpers doth prepare | O |
| Which thee shall cherish clothe and feed | N |
| For of thy weal they tender are | L |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| The King of kings when he was born | P |
| Had not so much for outward ease | Q |
| By Him such dressings were not worn | P |
| Nor such like swaddling clothes as these | Q |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| Within a manger lodged thy Lord | R |
| Where oxen lay and asses fed | S |
| Warm rooms we do to thee afford | R |
| An easy cradle or a bed | S |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| The wants that He did then sustain | T |
| Have purchased wealth my babe for thee | J |
| And by His torments and His pain | T |
| Thy rest and ease secur d be | J |
| My baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
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| Thou hast yet more to perfect this | U |
| A promise and an earnest got | V |
| Of gaining everlasting bliss | U |
| Though thou my babe perceiv'st it not | V |
| Sweet baby then forbear to weep | D |
| Be still my babe sweet baby sleep | D |
George Wither
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