With a spirit so inspired

As to touch the eyes of blind

With a bright illumination

That shall prove itself to be

More than a corruscation

Of a short-lived ecstasy.

By intuition, children know

A heart that cares for them;

They recognize a friend or foe,

At instantaneous ken.

No mask can shield a fraud or fool,

E'en from a puerile mind;

It knows by rules not learned at school

The way true hearts to find.

An earnest love, unbounded, firm,—

[Pg 13]

A God-gift from our birth—

By far outweighs the noblest charm

Can be acquired on earth.

Who has not drunk deep at the well

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