-he Came Unto His Own, And His Own Received Him Not- Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEED FGGH IJJI DKLD MNNM OPPO BQRB| As Christ the Lord was passing by | A |
| He came one night to a cottage door | B |
| He came a poor man to the poor | C |
| He had no bed whereon to lie | A |
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| He asked in vain for a crust of bread | D |
| Standing there in the frozen blast | E |
| The door was locked and bolted fast | E |
| Only a beggar the poor man said | D |
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| Christ the Lord went further on | F |
| Until He came to a palace gate | G |
| There a king was keeping his state | G |
| In every window the candles shone | H |
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| The king beheld Him out in the cold | I |
| He left his guests in the banquet hall | J |
| He bade his servants tend them all | J |
| I wait on a Guest I know of old | I |
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| Tis only a beggar man they said | D |
| Yes he said it is Christ the Lord | K |
| He spoke to Him a kindly word | L |
| He gave Him wine and he gave Him bread | D |
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| Now Christ is Lord of Heaven and Hell | M |
| And all the words of Christ are true | N |
| He touched the cottage and it grew | N |
| He touched the palace and it fell | M |
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| The poor man is become a king | O |
| Never was man so sad as he | P |
| Sorrow and Sin on the throne make three | P |
| He has no joy in mortal thing | O |
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| But the sun streams in at the cottage door | B |
| That stands where once the palace stood | Q |
| And the workman toiling to earn his food | R |
| Was never a king before | B |
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
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