The Stable-boy's Guest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ KLML GKNK OPKP QRSR TUVU FWXW NYZY BLA2L YNYN B2UC2U D2KE2K| The Wise Men came to the inn that night | A |
| Now open to us they cried | B |
| We have journeyed far that we might kneel | C |
| To One who doth here abide | B |
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| The door was opened with eager haste | D |
| Of whom do ye come in quest | E |
| Can it be that a lord of high degree | F |
| Is with us this night as guest | E |
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| The Wise Men answered The eastern sky | G |
| Is luminous still and clear | H |
| With the radiance of a golden star | I |
| That hath led our footsteps here | J |
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| Blessed O keeper this inn of thine | K |
| Both thatch and foundation stone | L |
| For the open door and hearth fire warm | M |
| When the King came to His own | L |
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| The King the King loud the keeper's cry | G |
| The King in this house of mine | K |
| Lights ho lights ho set the place aglow | N |
| Bring forth the meat and the wine | K |
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| The King let the guest room be prepared | O |
| Honor and homage we pay | P |
| To royal son of a royal line | K |
| Who tarries with us to day | P |
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| From room to room of the inn they went | Q |
| The Wise Men and keeper proud | R |
| But not a trace of the One they sought | S |
| Found they in that motley crowd | R |
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| You have other guests the Wise Men asked | T |
| And the keeper's face flamed red | U |
| But a straggling pair who came so late | V |
| They found neither room nor bed | U |
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| My masters a lad said timidly | F |
| As I gave the cattle feed | W |
| Came creeping down to the stable door | X |
| A woman in sorest need | W |
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| I made her a bed in the manger low | N |
| At head of the oxen mild | Y |
| And masters I heard a moan of pain | Z |
| Then the cry of a new born child | Y |
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| A prince shalt thou be the Wise Men cried | B |
| For hearkening to that moan | L |
| A prince shalt thou be for succor given | A2 |
| When the King came to His own | L |
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| Nay I'm but a stable boy he smiled | Y |
| With his eager eyes aglow | N |
| No King but a little naked child | Y |
| Sleeps out in my manger low | N |
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| Hast come to these homes of ours O Christ | B2 |
| In quest of a meal or bed | U |
| And found no welcoming cheer set forth | C2 |
| Nor place to pillow thine head | U |
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| Give us a heart aflame with love | D2 |
| Filled with a pity divine | K |
| Then come Thou as beggar or babe or king | E2 |
| The best that we have is Thine | K |
Jean Blewett
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