And dreams, with wistful face:

“I would that I had questioned them,

So I the way might trace!

“When morning comes with blessèd light,

I’ll early be awake;

My staff in hand I’ll go,—perchance,

Those strangers I’ll o’ertake;

And, for the Child some little toys

I’ll carry, for His sake.”

The morning came, and, staff in hand,