Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
AnonymousLitany
| LAMB of God, my Saviour! | |
| Explain before me | |
| Thy matchless love, and by Thy grace procure me | |
| A mind like Thine. | |
| Thy humiliation | 5 |
| In leaving heaven, | |
| In being poor, and to a stable driven, | |
| Teach me to stoop. | |
| Thy birth of a Virgin | |
| Make me live chastely | 10 |
| Unspotted from the world, and manifestly | |
| Sealed for the Lord. | |
| Thy flight into Egypt | |
| In such great danger | |
| Teach me to be a pilgrim here and stranger | 15 |
| In every place. | |
| Thine innocent childhood | |
| And meek behaviour | |
| Teach me to be a little child for ever | |
| Before thy face. | 20 |
| Thy wondrous obedience | |
| And true subjection | |
| Unto Thy parents, melt to like affection | |
| My stubborn heart. | |
| Thy carpenter’s labour, | 25 |
| Thy work and travel, | |
| Daily preserve my handy-work from evil, | |
| And bless my toil. | |
| Thy goodwill to all men | |
| By Thee created | 30 |
| Teach me to honour all and tender-hearted | |
| Behave to all. | |
| Thy forty days’ fasting, | |
| Thy self-denial, | |
| Thy being sorely tried, in every trial | 35 |
| Deliver me. | |