Well, for starters, let's not forget Charles Wesley's popular "Hymn LXIX," "Hymns for the Youngest" in his Hymns for Children, 1763; this little bit of encoding from the Ideological State Apparatus seems a likely candidate for what the speaker has recently suffered. Here, then, in its entirety:

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  1  GENTLE Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child,
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee:

2  Fain I would to Thee be brought,
Dearest God, forbid it not:
Give me, dearest God, a place,
In the kingdom of thy grace.

3  Put thy hands upon my head,
Let me in thine arms be stayed,
Let me lean upon thy breast,
Lull me, lull me, Lord to rest.

4  Hold me fast in thine embrace,
Let me see thy smiling face,
Give me, Lord, thy blessing give,
Pray for me, and I shall live.

5  I shall live the simple life,
Free from sin's uneasy strife,
Sweetly ignorant of ill,
Innocent and happy still.

6  O that I may never know,
What the wicked people do!
Sin is contrary to Thee,
Sin is the forbidden Tree.

7  Keep me from the great offence,
Guard my helpless innocence,
Hide me from all evil hide,
Self, and stubbornness and pride.

Part the Second.
1  LAMB of God, I look to Thee,
Thou shalt my example be,
Thou art gentle, meek, and mild,
Thou wast once a little child.

2  Fain I would be as Thou art,
Give me thy obedient heart;
Thou art pitiful and kind,
Let me have thy loving mind.

3  Meek, and lowly may I be,
Thou art all humility;
Let me to my betters bow,
Subject to thy parents Thou.

4  Let me above all fulfil
God my heavenly Father's will,
Never his good Spirit grieve,
Only to his glory live.

5  Thou didst live to God alone,
Thou didst never seek thine own,
Thou thyself didst never please,
God was all thy happiness.

6  Loving Jesus, gentle Lamb,
In thy gracious hands I am,
Make me, Saviour, what Thou art,
Live thyself within my heart.

7  I shall then shew forth thy praise,
Serve thee all my happy days,
Then the world shall always see
Christ, the holy child in me.

 

And consider a little girl learning this, who in a year or two would advance to Wesley's Hymns for Girls, including Hymn LXVII.