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Glory to the Father,
blest : kind
Glory to the Son,
whilst : during
And to Thee, blest Spirit,

Whilst all ages run.
– Sabine Baring-Gould

Child prays to Jesus to make him sinless when he wakes up in the morning.

1. What do you pray to God for?
2. What values do you learn from the prayers of the child?

A. Reference to the context.

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follows.
When the morning wakens,

Then may I arise.
Pure and fresh and sinless,
In Thy holy eyes.

1. Who wants to arise in the morning?
2. What do you understand by pure, fresh and sinless?

3. Whose eyes is the poet referring to?
4. What can make someone sinless?

5. What is the meaning of the word ‘sinless’?
6. Find a similar meaning word of ‘divine’ from the extract.

B. Complete the following sentences.

1. The poet calls Jesus the ________________ .
2. The poet prays to Jesus to provide calm and sweet repose to the people who are
________________.

3. The poet wants Jesus to grant good thoughts and views to ________________ and
restrain from the ________________ to the evil doers.

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