Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Dora Greenwell (18211882)The Lesson
I SAID, This task is keen— | |
But even while I spake, Thou, Love divine | |
Didst stand behind and gently over-lean | |
My drooping form, and oh, what task had been | |
Too stern for feebleness with help of Thine? | 5 |
Spell Thou this lesson with me line by line, | |
The sense is rigid, but the voice is dear; | |
Guide Thou my hand within that hand of Thine, | |
Thy wounded hand, until its tremblings take | |
Strength from Thy touch, and even for Thy sake | 10 |
Trace out each character in outline clear. | |