An Ode Of The Birth Of Our Savior Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCBBC BBBBDBBD BBEDEED EECCEFCE| In numbers and but these few | A |
| I sing Thy birth Oh Jesu | B |
| Thou pretty Baby born here | C |
| With sup'rabundant scorn here | C |
| Who for Thy princely port here | C |
| Hadst for Thy place | B |
| Of birth a base | B |
| Out stable for Thy court here | C |
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| Instead of neat inclosures | B |
| Of interwoven osiers | B |
| Instead of fragrant posies | B |
| Of daffodils and roses | B |
| Thy cradle kingly Stranger | D |
| As Gospel tells | B |
| Was nothing else | B |
| But here a homely manger | D |
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| But we with silks not cruels | B |
| With sundry precious jewels | B |
| And lily work will dress Thee | E |
| Of clouts we'll make a chamber | D |
| Sweet Babe for Thee | E |
| Of ivory | E |
| And plastered round with amber | D |
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| The Jews they did disdain Thee | E |
| But we will entertain Thee | E |
| With glories to await here | C |
| Upon Thy princely state here | C |
| And more for love than pity | E |
| From year to year | F |
| We'll make Thee here | C |
| A free born of our city | E |
Robert Herrick
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