Christ His Cross shall be my speed! Teach me, Father John, to read, That in Church on Holy day I may chant the psalm and pray. Let me learn, that I may know What the shining windows show: Where the lovely Lady stands, With that bright Child in her hands. Teach me letters, A, B, C, Till that I shall able be Signs to know and words to frame, And to spell sweet Jesus' Name. Then, dear Master, will I look Day and night in that fair book Where the tales of saints are told, With their pictures, all in gold. Teach me, Father John, to say Vesper-verse and Matin-lay; So when I to God shall plead, Christ His Cross shall be my speed. |