Cradle Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BBBB BCBC DEDE FGFG HBHB ABAB FIFI JAKLHush 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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