Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet's Biography First Line: Here a little child I stand Last Line: Amen. Variant Title(s): A Child's Grace;grace Before Meat;a Grace;a Grace For A Child Subject(s): Grace; Holidays; Prayer; Thanksgiving | ||||||||
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. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...THE CULTURE OF GLASS by THYLIAS MOSS THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING by NORMAN DUBIE OUR PRAYER OF THANKS by CARL SANDBURG THANKSGIVING DAY by LYDIA MARIA CHILD XAIPE: 65 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS THE OL' TUNES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK |
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