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. « Little Clara stands beside The old-f...
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Xvi.—Child And Motheb. + ¦
XVI . —CHILD AND MOTHEB . _+ ¦
. « Little Clara Stands Beside The Old-F...
. « Little Clara stands beside The old-fashioned oak-wood panels ,
With an idle hand she traces Roads and rivers , forms and faces ,
In the veined and crossing channels . All her toys are fine and costly ,
And each one should be a treasure ; Yetyou seeshe does not heed them ,
Has , forgot , or , does not need them , She is weary of her pleasure . ]
Weary of her gorgeous pictures , And her gilded cup and ball ;
Weary of the tales and verses Read by governess and nurses A
Till she knows them all . Almost all the pictured pages ,
Almost all the printed leaves , Tell her stillamong all change ,
, Of something very sweet and strange , That with child-life interweaves .
Does she wonder , standing there , Why she stands there all alone ?
Why no mother-love can reach her , _WTiy these hirelings tend and teach her , —
Lonely little one ? Nay ' I think not . Children never
Reason , out , as we might do ; Only intuitions , stirring
In their hearts , and sometimes warring With their outer life , shine through .
Little Clara only feels That a something may be wanted ;
Mother ' s love and mother ' s kisses , _3 _STever known , she scarcely misses ,
Is by no remembrance haunted . So she stands there , somewhat weary
Of her playthings , as I said , Yet not conscious that upon her Rests a shadow of dishonor ,
Very dark and dread .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 88, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/16/
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