And partly since as well as I she knew it.
And partly since as well as I she loved,
Whene’er she heard him waking, she would come
And by him sit till fast asleep again;
And only when there thus was little left
That could be done, would I be left to do it.
At times then I would lean above his couch,
And grieve to think that I could do no more;
At times would rise in thankfulness that God
Would let me do so much. A thought like this