Our Saviour-s Boyhood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH IJKLMM FNFNOO PNQNRR SMTMRR UVWVXY ZA2B2A2C2C2| With what a flood of wondrous thoughts | A |
| Each Christian breast must swell | B |
| When wandering back through ages past | C |
| With simple faith they dwell | B |
| On quiet Nazareth s sacred sod | D |
| Where the Child Saviour s footsteps trod | D |
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| Awe struck we picture to ourselves | E |
| That brow serene and fair | F |
| That gentle face the long rich curls | G |
| Of wavy golden hair | F |
| And those deep wondrous star like eyes | H |
| Holy and calm as midnight skies | H |
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| We see Him in the work shop shed | I |
| With Joseph wise and good | J |
| Obedient to His guardian s word | K |
| Docile and meek of mood | L |
| The Mighty Lord of Heaven and Earth | M |
| Toiling like one of lowly birth | M |
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| Or else with His young Mother fair | F |
| That sinless spotless one | N |
| Who watched with fond and reverent care | F |
| Her high and glorious Son | N |
| Knowing a matron s joy and pride | O |
| And yet a Virgin pure beside | O |
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| All marvelled at the strange shy grace | P |
| Of Mary s gentle Son | N |
| Young mothers envied her the Boy | Q |
| Who love from all hearts won | N |
| And gazing on that face so mild | R |
| Prayed low to Heaven for such a child | R |
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| Though with the boys of Nazareth | S |
| He never joined in mirth | M |
| Yet young and old felt strangely drawn | T |
| Towards His modest worth | M |
| E en though that quiet wondrous Child | R |
| Had never laughed nor even smiled | R |
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| For even then prophetic rose | U |
| Before His spirit s gaze | V |
| The cruel Cross the griefs reserved | W |
| For manhood s coming days | V |
| And worse than all the countless host | X |
| That spite His pangs might yet be lost | Y |
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| Silent and calm He held His way | Z |
| From morn till evening still | A2 |
| His thoughts intent on working out | B2 |
| His Mighty Father s will | A2 |
| While Heaven bent in ecstasy | C2 |
| O er the Boy God of Galilee | C2 |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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