And still the wailing babies come and go,
And homes are waste, and husbands’ hearts fly far;
There is no hope until you dare to know
The thing you are!
BOYS WILL BE BOYS [f]
“Boys will be boys,” and boys have had their day;
Boy-mischief and boy-carelessness and noise
Extenuated all, allowed, excused and smoothed away,
Each duty missed, each damaging wild act,