Yet is Maremna now no more a child,

Nor guileless with the innocence of youth.

Hers it has been to roam God’s mighty world,

And learn the ways and woful deeds of men,

And, weary with her world-wide pilgrimage,

Maremna’s steps have sought her early haunts,

Hoping for rest where childhood once did play.

Rest for Maremna!

An idle thought; a foolish sentiment!

Unto the brain which God has bidden “Think”