Jesus, He loves one and all, <br />Jesus, He loves children small, <br />Their souls are waiting round His feet <br />On high, before His mercy-seat. <br /> <br />While He wandered here below <br />Children small to Him did go, <br />At His feet they knelt and prayed, <br />On their heads His hands He laid. <br /> <br />Came a Spirit on them then, <br />Better than of mighty men, <br />A Spirit faithful, pure and mild, <br />A Spirit fit for king and child. <br /> <br />Oh! that Spirit give to me, <br />Jesu Lord, where'er I be! <br /> <br /> <br />1847.<br /><br />Charles Kingsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/child-ballad/
