Such welling floods of pain till we are old,

Because when we were young one grave was laid—

One baby died?


THE HOUSEWIFE [f]

Here is the House to hold me—cradle of all the race;

Here is my lord and my love, here are my children dear—

Here is the House enclosing, the dear-loved dwelling place;

Why should I ever weary for aught that I find not here?

Here for the hours of the day and the hours of the night;