The poetical works of Robert Stephen Hawker Edited from the original manuscripts and annotated copies together with a prefatory notice and bibliography by Alfred Wallis |
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THE FONT.
Raise ye the sacred hand! and proudly shower
The rain of God upon the mortal flower!
Lo! One unseen shall in those waters blend,
And with a breathing dove's fond wing descend.
The rain of God upon the mortal flower!
Lo! One unseen shall in those waters blend,
And with a breathing dove's fond wing descend.
Suffer the little child! the wide, wide earth
Shall yield no happier hour for heavenly birth;
What fairer shrine can woo the God to rest
Than the meek altar of that infant breast?
Shall yield no happier hour for heavenly birth;
What fairer shrine can woo the God to rest
Than the meek altar of that infant breast?
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