O Little Town Of Bethlehem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHCHIDJD GKLKJMNM GOGOJPQP ARMRSTUV| O little town of Bethlehem | A |
| How still we see thee lie | B |
| Above thy deep and dreamless sleep | C |
| The silent stars go by | B |
| Yet in thy dark streets shineth | D |
| The everlasting light | E |
| The hopes and fears of all the years | F |
| Are met in thee to night | E |
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| For Christ is born of Mary | G |
| And gathered all above | H |
| While mortals sleep the angels keep | C |
| Their watch of wondering love | H |
| O morning stars together | I |
| Proclaim the holy birth | D |
| And praises sing to God the King | J |
| And peace to men on earth | D |
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| How silently how silently | G |
| The wondrous Gift is given | K |
| So god imparts to human hearts | L |
| The blessings of His Heaven | K |
| No ear may hear His coming | J |
| But in this world of sin | M |
| Where meek souls will receive Him still | N |
| The dear Christ enters in | M |
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| Where children pure and happy | G |
| Pray to the blessed Child | O |
| Where misery cries out to Thee | G |
| Son of the mother mild | O |
| Where charity stands watching | J |
| And faith holds wide the door | P |
| The dark night wakes the glory breaks | Q |
| And Christmas comes once more | P |
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| O holy Child of Bethlehem | A |
| Descend to us we pray | R |
| Cast out our sins and enter in | M |
| Be born in us to day | R |
| We hear the Christmas angels | S |
| The great glad tidings tell | T |
| O come to us abide with us | U |
| Our Lord Emmanuel | V |
Phillips Brooks
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