V.
Have I not been nigh a mother To thy sweetness--tell me, Dear? Have we not loved one another Tenderly, from year to year, Since our dying mother mild Said with accents undefiled, "Child, be mother to this child"!
Have I not been nigh a mother To thy sweetness--tell me, Dear? Have we not loved one another Tenderly, from year to year, Since our dying mother mild Said with accents undefiled, "Child, be mother to this child"!