There sitteth a dove, so white and fair, All on the lily spray; And she listeneth how to Jesus Christ, The little children pray. Lightly she spreads her friendly wings, And to heaven's gate hath sped, And unto the Father in heaven she bears The prayers which the children said. And back she comes from heaven's gate, And brings--that dove so mild-- From the Father in heaven, who hears her speak. A blessing for every child. Then, children. lift up a pious prayer, It hears whatever you say, That heavenly dove, so white and fair, That sits on the lily-spray. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO JOHN KEATS, POET, AT SPRING TIME by COUNTEE CULLEN NAPOLEON by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE LOST LOVE by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES SANCTUARY by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY SOLDIER: TWENTIETH CENTURY by ISAAC ROSENBERG A DEFIANCE, RETURNING TO THE PLACE OF HIS PAST AMOURS by PHILIP AYRES PETITION OF A SCHOOLBOY TO HIS FATHER by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |