Christmas At Church Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCAB DEFFDE GHIIGH JKLLJK MNOOMN PQRRSQ OEDDOE| 'Twas drawing near the holiday | A |
| When piety and pity met | B |
| In whisp'ring council and agreed | C |
| That Christmas time in homes of need | C |
| Should be remembered in a way | A |
| They never could forget | B |
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| Then noble generosity | D |
| Took youth and goodness by the hand | E |
| And planned a thousand charming ways | F |
| To celebrate this best of days | F |
| While hearts were held in sympathy | D |
| By love's encircling band | E |
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| So multitudes together came | G |
| Like wandering magi from the East | H |
| With precious gifts unto the King | I |
| With every good and perfect thing | I |
| To satisfy a shivering frame | G |
| Or amplify a feast | H |
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| The angels had looked long and far | J |
| The happy scene to parallel | K |
| When through the sanctuary door | L |
| Were carried gifts from shop and store | L |
| The treasures of the rich bazaar | J |
| To give but not to sell | K |
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| As once the apostolic twelve | M |
| Of goods allotment made | N |
| So equity dealt out with care | O |
| The widow's and the orphan's share | O |
| And of the aged forced to delve | M |
| At drudging task or trade | N |
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| Oh could the joy which tears express | P |
| That out of gladness come | Q |
| Be mirrored in its tender glow | R |
| Before the beautiful tableau | R |
| Ingratitude and selfishness | S |
| Would shrink abashed and dumb | Q |
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| If every year and everywhere | O |
| Could kindness thus expand | E |
| In bounteous gratuity | D |
| To all her children earth would be | D |
| A flowery vale like Eden fair | O |
| A milk and honey land | E |
Hattie Howard
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