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A CHRIST-CROSS RHYME, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Christ, his cross shall be my speed!
Last Line: Christ his cross shall be my speed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hawker Of Morwenstow; Hawker, R. S.


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.





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