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,