Like that great man’s, who to his Saviour came,
Were the strong words of this commanding dame; -
“Come,” if she said, they came; if “Go,” were gone;
And if “Do this,” - that instant it was done:
Her maidens told she was all eye and ear,
In darkness saw and could at distance hear;
No parish-business in the place could stir,
Without direction or assent from her;
In turn she took each office as it fell,
Knew all their duties and discharged them well;