The Christ-child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDB EBFBGGHIB JBJBKKLLB M N| Across the waste across the snow | A |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
| Past sentinel of friend and foe | A |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
| Comes the Christ Child clad in white | C |
| Through the storm clouds of the night | C |
| Bearing in His lily hands | D |
| Gift of peace to warring lands | D |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
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| Adeste fideles sing the choirs | E |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
| Lurid flame the battle fires | F |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
| Shepherds hear the heavenly song | G |
| Mid the strife and piteous wrong | G |
| Peace on earth but not of men | H |
| Peace that knows not crime nor sin | I |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
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| Lay your sceptres at His feet | J |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
| Christ the Babe of Bethlehem greet | J |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
| Legions stretched in battle line | K |
| Saw the star and knew the sign | K |
| Yet forgot that Christ was born | L |
| Prince of Peace on Christmas morn | L |
| O the pity O the pity | B |
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| Christmas | M |
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| For Mrs George McIntyre | N |
Thomas O'hagan
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