I have a little boy, younger than you, who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have, a gingerbread-nut to eat or a verse of a Psalm to learn, he says: 'Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms;' says he, 'I wish to be a little angel here below;' he then gets two nuts in recompense for his infant piety."
Yo tengo un niño más pequeño que tú que sabe ya seis salmos de memoria, y cuando se le pregunta si prefiere comer pan de higos o aprender un salmo, responde: «Aprender un salmo. Los ángeles cantan salmos y yo quiero ser un ángel».