Children Of Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEAE FGHG AIJK BALA MNJN OPHP QRSG ETFT| The holy boy | A |
| Went from his mother out in the cool of the day | B |
| Over the sun parched fields | C |
| And in among the olives shining green and shining grey | B |
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| There was no sound | D |
| No smallest voice of any shivering stream | E |
| Poor sinless little boy | A |
| He desired to play and to sing he could only sigh and dream | E |
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| Suddenly came | F |
| Running along to him naked with curly hair | G |
| That rogue of the lovely world | H |
| That other beautiful child whom the virgin Venus bare | G |
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| The holy boy | A |
| Gazed with those sad blue eyes that all men know | I |
| Impudent Cupid stood | J |
| Panting holding an arrow and pointing his bow | K |
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| Will you not play | B |
| Jesus run to him run to him swift for our joy | A |
| Is he not holy like you | L |
| Are you afraid of his arrows O beautiful dreaming boy | A |
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| And now they stand | M |
| Watching one another with timid gaze | N |
| Youth has met youth in the wood | J |
| But holiness will not change its melancholy ways | N |
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| Cupid at last | O |
| Draws his bow and softly lets fly a dart | P |
| Smile for a moment sad world | H |
| It has grazed the white skin and drawn blood from the sorrowful heart | P |
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| Now for delight | Q |
| Cupid tosses his locks and goes wantonly near | R |
| But the child that was born to the cross | S |
| Has let fall on his cheek for the sadness of life a compassionate tear | G |
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| Marvellous dream | E |
| Cupid has offered his arrows for Jesus to try | T |
| He as offered his bow for the game | F |
| But Jesus went weeping away and left him there wondering why | T |
Harold Monro
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