The Child Asleep. (from The French) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF CACA HIJI| Sweet babe true portrait of thy father's face | A |
| Sleep on the bosom that thy lips have pressed | B |
| Sleep little one and closely gently place | A |
| Thy drowsy eyelid on thy mother's breast | B |
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| Upon that tender eye my little friend | C |
| Soft sleep shall come that cometh not to me | D |
| I watch to see thee nourish thee defend | C |
| 'Tis sweet to watch for thee alone for thee | D |
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| His arms fall down sleep sits upon his brow | E |
| His eye is closed he sleeps nor dreams of harm | F |
| Wore not his cheek the apple's ruddy glow | G |
| Would you not say he slept on Death's cold arm | F |
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| Awake my boy I tremble with affright | C |
| Awake and chase this fatal thought Unclose | A |
| Thine eye but for one moment on the light | C |
| Even at the price of thine give me repose | A |
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| Sweet error he but slept I breathe again | H |
| Come gentle dreams the hour of sleep beguile | I |
| Oh when shall he for whom I sigh in vain | J |
| Beside me watch to see thy waking smile | I |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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