The Parents' Review

A Monthly Magazine of Home-Training and Culture

Edited by Charlotte Mason.

"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life."
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Motherhood.


Volume 1, 1890/91, pg. 68


     As they are wariest guides who most have met
     Mischance themselves, thy mother's slips may yet
     Show thy feet, daughter, places to eschew.
     Ah, sweet the mother-walk, but perilous!
     And flowers do grace the progress hazardous,
     Tho' heedless pilgrims chance on bitter rut!

     But thou, my daughter, meekly glad, hast tae'n
     A man fro' the Lord: thy joy hath wholesome pain
     Of diffidence:--
                            "Thou, Wisest, make me wise,
     For the child's sake, that in my bosom lies!"

     Still hold thy soul 'fore heaven, as April earth,
     Waiting the fall of counsel: nor in vain--
     Who hath so graced thee to a blessed birth
     Will not His wisdom's waterings refrain.



Typed by Jennifer Talsma, Sept 2015; Proofread by LNL, June 2024