A Cradle Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG GGGG EEHH GGII JJII JJGGSweet dreams form a shade | A |
O'er my lovely infants head | B |
Sweet dreams of pleasant streams | C |
By happy silent moony beams | C |
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Sweet sleep with soft down | D |
Weave thy brows an infant crown | D |
Sweet sleep Angel mild | E |
Hover o'er my happy child | E |
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Sweet smiles in the night | F |
Hover over my delight | F |
Sweet smiles Mothers smiles | G |
All the livelong night beguiles | G |
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Sweet moans dovelike sighs | G |
Chase not slumber from thy eyes | G |
Sweet moans sweeter smiles | G |
All the dovelike moans beguiles | G |
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Sleep sleep happy child | E |
All creation slept and smil'd | E |
Sleep sleep happy sleep | H |
While o'er thee thy mother weep | H |
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Sweet babe in thy face | G |
Holy image I can trace | G |
Sweet babe once like thee | I |
Thy maker lay and wept for me | I |
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Wept for me for thee for all | J |
When he was an infant small | J |
Thou his image ever see | I |
Heavenly face that smiles on thee | I |
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Smiles on thee on me on all | J |
Who became an infant small | J |
Infant smiles are His own smiles | G |
Heaven amp earth to peace beguiles | G |
William Blake
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