Cradle Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BBBB BCBC DEDE FGFG HBHB ABAB FIFI JAKL| Hush my dear lie still and slumber | A |
| Holy angels guard thy bed | B |
| Heavenly blessings without number | A |
| Gently falling on thy head | B |
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| Sleep my babe thy food and raiment | B |
| House and home thy friends provide | B |
| All without thy care or payment | B |
| All thy wants are well supplied | B |
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| How much better thou'rt attended | B |
| Than the Son of God could be | C |
| When from heaven He descended | B |
| And became a child like thee | C |
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| Soft and easy is thy cradle | D |
| Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay | E |
| When His birthplace was a stable | D |
| And His softest bed was hay | E |
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| See the kindly shepherds round him | F |
| Telling wonders from the sky | G |
| When they sought Him there they found Him | F |
| With his Virgin Mother by | G |
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| See the lovely babe a dressing | H |
| Lovely infant how He smiled | B |
| When He wept the mother's blessing | H |
| Soothed and hushed the holy child | B |
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| Lo He slumbers in His manger | A |
| Where the honest oxen fed | B |
| Peace my darling here's no danger | A |
| Here's no ox a near thy bed | B |
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| Mayst thou live to know and fear Him | F |
| Trust and love Him all thy days | I |
| Then go dwell forever near Him | F |
| See His face and sing His praise | I |
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| I could give thee thousand kisses | J |
| Hoping what I most desire | A |
| Not a mother's fondest wishes | K |
| Can to greater joys aspire | L |
Isaac Watts
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