Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Dear Child! thy little questions almost wake]
Dear Child! thy little questions almost wakeEnquiry in my mind—methinks I learn
From thee an asking searching eye to turn
On all things—and to seek to strip—to shake
The obstinate shroudings—and the seal to break—
To lift the cov'ring lid too from the urn,
And bid the waters gush forth free—to spurn
The encumbering Mysteries far—and still to make
Enquiries ceaseless—me thou teachest, love,
To look on simple things with wonderment,
But I who know their mighty source above
Should feel all adoration strongly blent
With such astonishment—and surely prove
Happier, but humbler too, for such deep lessons sent.
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