 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...reveal'd, And that open'd which was seal'd ; When to Thee I have appeal'd, Sweet Spirit, comfort me I GRACE FOR A CHILD. Here, a little child, I stand,...Here I lift them up to thee, For a benison to fall THE DIRGE OF JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER. O thou, the wonder of all days ! O paragon, and pearl of praise !... | |
 | Young people - 1882 - 608 pages
...Charles II. was king, in which the samo word is used. 132 133 Cold as paddocks though they be, Still we lift them up to Thee, For a benison to fall On our meat and on us all. Amen." It is certainly true that, as our picture shows us, the toad is not handsome, but that is no reason... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 492 pages
...but the gate is low. Whene'er thou sjœak'st, look with a lowly ejv. Grace is increased by humility. GRACE FOR A CHILD. Here a little child I stand, Heaving...benison to fall On our meat, and on us all. Amen. TO HIS DEAR GOD. I'll hope no more For things that will not come : And, if they do, they prove but... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Francis Turner Palgrave - 1884 - 240 pages
...those mellifluous lips of his ; — Then never take a second on, To spoil the first impression. •256' GRACE FOR A CHILD HERE, a little child, I stand, Heaving...For a benison to fall On our meat, and on us all. *257* HIS LITANY, TO THE HOLY SPIRIT IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, . And... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1885 - 330 pages
...Served. HONOUR thy parents ; but good manners call Thee to adore thy God, the first of all. Another Grace for a Child. HERE a little child I stand, Heaving...a benison to fall On our meat and on us all. Amen. A Christmas Carol, sung to the King in the Presence at Whitehall. Chor. WHAT sweeter music can we bring... | |
 | George Saintsbury - England - 1887 - 500 pages
...No, no — the utmost share Of my desire shall be Only to kiss that air That lately kissed thee." " Here, a little child, I stand Heaving up my either...a benison to fall On our meat and on us all. Amen. " But Herrick's charm is everywhere — except in the epigrams. It is very rare to find one of the... | |
 | Joseph Hirst Lupton - Latin language - 1888 - 194 pages
...Flinty," durus ; "grace," decor ; " that is past, " actus ; (4) " refuse," denego. II EXERCISE LXIX GRACE FOR A CHILD Here a little child I stand, Heaving...benison to fall On our meat, and on us all. Amen. HERRICK. RETRANSLATION Here Thou seest me stand before Thee, a tender child Uplifting both hands :... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1891 - 380 pages
...SERVED. HONOUR thy parents ; but good manners call Thee to adore thy God the first of all. 95. ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD. HERE a little child I stand Heaving...a benison to fall On our meat and on us all. Amen. 96. A CHRISTMAS CAROL SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL. Chor. WHAT sweeter music can we... | |
 | John White Chadwick - Poetry - 1891 - 232 pages
...To rub all over my face ? My baby — my darling, The crown may go, for me. ELIZA SPROAT TURNE*. A GRACE FOR A CHILD. HERE, a little child, I stand,...benison to fall On our meat, and on us all. Amen. ROBERT HERRICK. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. TDETWEEN the dark and the daylight, -D When the night is beginning... | |
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Grace for a Child. HERE a little child I stand. Heaving up my either hand ; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift them up to Thee, For a benison to fall On our meat and on us all. Amen. 
