O Bethlehem! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIJI KAKA| For he is our peace | A |
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| O Bethlehem where Christ was born | B |
| And angels watched him where he lay | C |
| When cradled on that holy morn | B |
| That ushered in earth's promised day | C |
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| O Bethlehem it was thy star | D |
| Which guided o'er the deserts wild | E |
| Those who had journeyed from afar | D |
| To gaze upon the sinless child | E |
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| O Bethlehem 'twas thine to see | F |
| God's choir announce the Saviour's birth | G |
| And hear those waves of melody | F |
| Chant peace and good will to the earth | G |
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| O Bethlehem 'twas thine to weep | H |
| With Rachel o'er the crimson woe | I |
| When cruel hands did vainly seek | J |
| To quench heaven's radiance below | I |
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| O Bethlehem we hear thy call | K |
| To joy and bliss and would not cease | A |
| To praise him who has died for all | K |
| Who will accept his blood bought peace | A |
Nannie R. Glass
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