Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

A Child's Grace

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.

— Robert Herrick
1591-1674   


 Table of Contents  |  Index  |  Home  | Previous: To Meadows  |  Next: Epitaph
Copyright (c) 2005 - 2023   Yesterday's Classics, LLC. All Rights Reserved.