That holds you, nor the mother’s royal power,

But selfish, slavish service hour by hour—

A life with no beyond!

FALSE PLAY.

“Do you love me?” asked the mother of her child,

And the baby answered, “No!”

Great Love listened and sadly smiled;

He knew the love in the heart of the child—

That you could not wake it so.

“Do not love me?” the foolish mother cried,