Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world;

She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care,

Nor lose the child-like in the larger mind;

Till at the last she set herself to man,

Like perfect music unto noble words;

And so these twain, upon the skirts of Time,

Sit side by side, full-summ’d in all their powers,

Dispensing harvest, sowing the To-be,

Self-reverent each and reverencing each,

Distinct in individualities,