By Charles Kingsley Take from us, O God, all pride and vanity, all boasting and forwardness; and give us the true courage that shows itself by gentleness, the true wisdom that shows itself by simplicity, and the true power that …[Continue]
Lost!
By Evaleen Stein “Peep! Peep! Peep!” Poor little chick! Little cry so weak and small, Meadow grass so tall and thick, And the clover tufts so tall! Little heart in sore distress, Longing for the mother wing; Through the weedy …[Continue]
Palm Sunday
By Henry Vaughan Hark! how the children shrill and high Hosanna cry, Their joys provoke the distant sky, Where thrones and sersaphims reply, And their own angels shine and sing In a bright ring: Such young, sweet mirth Makes heaven …[Continue]
The Cherry-Tree Carol
Joseph was an old man, And an old man was he, And he married Mary, The Queen of Galilee. Joseph and Mary walked Through an orchard good, Where was cherries and berries, As red as any blood. Joseph and Mary …[Continue]
Easter Eggs
By Evaleen Stein Seven little nests of hay We have made, for Easter day Is tomorrow, and you know We must have them ready, so When the Rabbit comes she’ll see We expected her, that we Children tried our very …[Continue]
On Easter Day
by Oscar Wilde The silver trumpets rang across the Dome: The people knelt upon the ground with awe: And borne upon the necks of men I saw, Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome. Priest-like, he wore a …[Continue]
