Question

Read the following lines and answer the questions given below: ‘Thou whom a woman laid in a manger, Take me not till the children grow!’ 

(a) Who is the ‘thou’ referred to here? 

(b) What is the incident referred to? 

(c) What is the mother’s prayer?

Answer 1

(a) Jesus Christ. 

(b) The birth of Jesus. 

(c) The mother’s prayer is that she shouldn’t die until her children grow.