. Poetry for children . XIX OXCE on a charger there was laidAnd brought before a royal maid,As price of attitude and grace,A guiltless head, a holy face. It was on Herods natal day,Who oer Judaeas land held married his own brothers wife,Wicked Herodias. She the lifeOf John the Baptist long had soughtBecause he openly had taughtThat she a life unlawful ledHaving her husbands brother wed. This was he, that saintly John,Who in the wilderness aloneAbiding, did for clothing wearA garment made of camels hair;Honey and locusts were his foodAnd he was most severely good. POETRY FOR CHILDREN 75
. Poetry for children . XIX OXCE on a charger there was laidAnd brought before a royal maid,As price of attitude and grace,A guiltless head, a holy face. It was on Herods natal day,Who oer Judaeas land held married his own brothers wife,Wicked Herodias. She the lifeOf John the Baptist long had soughtBecause he openly had taughtThat she a life unlawful ledHaving her husbands brother wed. This was he, that saintly John,Who in the wilderness aloneAbiding, did for clothing wearA garment made of camels hair;Honey and locusts were his foodAnd he was most severely good. POETRY FOR CHILDREN 75 He preached penitence and tearsAnd waking first the sinners fears,Prepared a path, made smooth a wayFor his diviner Masters day. Herod kept in princely stateHis birthday. On his throne he sate,After the feast, beholding herWho danced with grace peculiar;Fair Salome, who did excelAll in that land for dancing feastful monarchs heart was fired,And whatsoeer thing she desired,Though half his kingdom it should be,H
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