Little Jesus
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Part of The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province
- Title
- Little Jesus
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1924
- Subject
- Poetry (Literary form)
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- 56 Little Jesus Little Jesus wast Thou shy Once, and just so small as I ? And what did it feel like to be Out of heaven, and just like me? I should think that I would cry For my house all made of sky. Hadst Thou ever any toys Like us, little girls and little boys ? And didst Thou play in heaven with all The Angels that were not too tall ? Didst Thou kneel at night and pray And didst Thou join thy hands this way? And dost Thou like it best that we Should join our hands to pray to Thee? And did Thy Mother at the night Kiss Thee and fold the clothes in right? And didst Thou feel quite good in bed Kissed, and sweet, and Thy prayers said ? Thou canst not have forgotten all What it feels like to be small. And Thou know’st I cannot pray To Thee in my Father’s way. When Thou wast so little, say: Could’st Thou talk Thy Father’s way? So, a little child, come down And hear a child’s talk like Thy own. To Thy Father show my prayer (He will look Thou art so fair) And say: “O Father, I, Thy Son, Bring the prayer of a little one”. Cum licentia ecclesiastica.