FOR A NEW HOUSE
This is the human story that lies behind a girl's discovery of a lost medieval hymn. A London Girl Guide, says the I "Daily Chronicle," was turning the, leaves of an old scrap-book at home. Among the old-fashioned-cut-out soldiers and dogs and fairies she saw quaint lines -of- script verso. The verses were in. tho form of a dedication of a new house in archaic spelling, and she was so struck with her discovery that she gave it to her Guide captain. The Guide chiefs thought is 1 was worth reviving. , The hymn from a scrap-book was sung recently, when the new London Guide headquarters were inaugurated, before Princess Mary, Lord Baden-Powell, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Westminster. It runs:— Blesse ye foure corners of thys house, And be ye Lintel Blest; And Blesse ye hearths and blesse ye bord, And Blesse eche place of Rest. And Blesse ye dooro that opens wyde, To strangers as to kin, . And.Blesse eche cristal windowpane, That lets ye Sunlight© in. And Blesse ye Boof-tree everhede, An^ eyerie sturdye wall, Ye Peace of God, ye peace of Man, Ye peace of Love on alle. Princess Mary was charmed with the newly-discovered "Blessing" when sho heard' it,, and it will probably be used again.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 19
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214FOR A NEW HOUSE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 19
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