To His Saviour, a Child;a Present, by a Child

1Go, pretty child, and bear this flower

2Unto thy little Saviour;

3And tell him, by that bud now blown,

4He is the Rose of Sharon known.

5When thou hast said so, stick it there

6Upon his bib or stomacher;

7And tell him, for good handsel too,

8That thou hast brought a whistle new,

9Made of a clean straight oaten reed,

10To charm his cries at time of need;

11Tell him, for coral, thou hast none,

12But if thou hadst, he should have one;

13But poor thou art, and known to be

14Even as moneyless as he.

15Lastly, if thou canst win a kiss

16From those melifluous lips of his; —

17Then never take a second on,

18To spoil the first impression.