The Stable Of Bethlehem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED AFAFGHGH IJIJKDKD LMLMNOEO| Twas not a palace proud and fair | A |
| He chose for His first home | B |
| No dazz ling pile of grandeur rare | A |
| With pillar d hall and dome | B |
| Oh no a stable rude and poor | C |
| Received Him at His birth | D |
| And thus was born unknown obscure | E |
| The Lord of Heaven and Earth | D |
| - | |
| No band of anxious menials there | A |
| To tend the new born child | F |
| Joseph alone and Mary fair | A |
| Upon the infant smiled | F |
| No broidered linens fine had they | G |
| Those little limbs to fold | H |
| No baby garments rich and gay | G |
| No tissues wrought with gold | H |
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| Come to your Saviour s lowly bed | I |
| Ye vain and proud of heart | J |
| And learn with bowed and humbled head | I |
| The lesson twill impart | J |
| Twill teach you not to prize too high | K |
| The riches vain of earth | D |
| But to lay up in God s bright sky | K |
| Treasures of truer worth | D |
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| And you poor stricken sons of grief | L |
| Sad outcasts of this life | M |
| Come too and seek a sure relief | L |
| For your heart s bitter strife | M |
| Enter that village stable door | N |
| And view that lowly cot | O |
| Will it not teach you to endure | E |
| And even bless your lot | O |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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