Shall make you wise, and true, and strong, and so,
A mother’s instinct-guided love I’ll show.
THEY WANDERED FORTH.
They wandered forth in springtime woods,
Three women, thickly hung
With yards and yards of woollen goods—
To play that they were young!
The river raced with the racing air;
The woods were wild with song;
The glad birds darted everywhere—