From jealous habits, docile, mannerly,

She never thought to taste her morning fare

Until she should have said her morning prayer;

She never went to sleep at night until

She had prayed God to save us all from ill.

She used to run to meet her father when

He came from any journey home again;

She loved to work and to anticipate

The servants of the house ere they could wait

Upon her parents. This she had begun