Mrs. Child.

20. You wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat and drink, make the beds, and do all yourself.

Merry Wives of Windsor.

21. To tend

From good to better—thence to best,

Grateful you drink life's cup, then bend

Unmurmuring to your bed of rest;

You pluck the flowers that around you blow,

Scattering their fragrance as you go.

Bowring.