The Nativity Of Christ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHHH IJKJLL| Behold the father is his daughter's son | A |
| The bird that built the nest is hatched therein | B |
| The old of years an hour hath not outrun | A |
| Eternal life to live doth now begin | B |
| The Word is dumb the mirth of heaven doth weep | C |
| Might feeble is and force doth faintly creep | C |
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| O dying souls behold your living spring | D |
| O dazzled eyes behold your sun of grace | E |
| Dull ears attend what word this Word doth bring | D |
| Up heavy hearts with joy your joy embrace | E |
| From death from dark from deafness from despairs | F |
| This life this light this Word this joy repairs | F |
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| Gift better than himself God doth not know | G |
| Gift better than his God no man can see | H |
| This gift doth here the giver given bestow | G |
| Gift to this gift let each receiver be | H |
| God is my gift himself he freely gave me | H |
| God's gift am I and none but God shall have me | H |
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| Man altered was by sin from man to beast | I |
| Beast's food is hay hay is all mortal flesh | J |
| Now God is flesh and lies in manger pressed | K |
| As hay the brutest sinner to refresh | J |
| O happy field wherein that fodder grew | L |
| Whose taste doth us from beasts to men renew | L |
Robert Southwell
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