O Night Of Nights! (hymn) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGHHIJIJ KLKLMHMH NOIPFQFQ HRHRHCHC SISNRARA TUTUUFUSLet us now go even unto Bethlehem | A |
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O Night of nights O night | B |
Desired of man so long | C |
The ancient heavens fled forth in light | B |
To sing thee thy new song | C |
And shooting down the steep | D |
To shepherd folk of old | E |
An angel while they watch'd their sheep | D |
Set foot beside the fold | E |
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Lo while as like to die | F |
Of that keen light he shed | G |
They look'd on his pure majesty | H |
Amazed and sore bestead | H |
Lo while with words of cheer | I |
He bade their trembling cease | J |
The flocks of God swept sweetly near | I |
And sang to them of peace | J |
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All on the hillside grass | K |
That fulgent radiance fell | L |
So close those innocents did pass | K |
Their words were heard right well | L |
Among the sheep their wings | M |
Some folding walk'd the sod | H |
An order'd throng of shining things | M |
White with the smile of God | H |
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The waits of heaven to hear | N |
Oh what it must have been | O |
Think Christian people think and fear | I |
For cold hearts for unclean | P |
Think how the times go by | F |
How love and longing fail | Q |
Think how we live and how we die | F |
As this were but a tale | Q |
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O tender tale of old | H |
Live in thy dear renown | R |
God's smile was in the dark behold | H |
That way His hosts came down | R |
Light up great God Thy Word | H |
Make the blest meaning strong | C |
As if our ears indeed had heard | H |
The glory of their song | C |
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It was so far away | S |
But Thou could'st make it near | I |
And all its living might display | S |
And cry to it Be here | N |
Here in th' unresting town | R |
As once remote to them | A |
Who heard it when the heavens came down | R |
On pastoral Bethlehem | A |
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It was so long ago | T |
But God can make it now | U |
And as with that sweet overflow | T |
Our empty hearts endow | U |
Take Lord those words outworn | U |
O make them new for aye | F |
Speak Unto you a child is born | U |
To day to day to day | S |
Jean Ingelow
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