He is always trying to do some good,

And always succeeding in what he tries.

The trials I trembled that he should bear,

His noble heart has accepted as such;

And I see they were sent with a tender care,

And never intended to be too much.

My heart is too full of its joy, I fear,

When he whispers in fond caressing tone—

'It was not my trials that won me, dear;

It was watching my darling bear her own.