DEAR Child of Nature, let them rail! <br />--There is a nest in a green dale, <br />A harbour and a hold; <br />Where thou, a Wife and Friend, shalt see <br />Thy own heart-stirring days, and be <br />A light to young and old. <br /> <br />There, healthy as a shepherd boy, <br />And treading among flowers of joy <br />Which at no season fade, <br />Thou, while thy babes around thee cling, <br />Shalt show us how divine a thing <br />A Woman may be made. <br /> <br />Thy thoughts and feelings shall not die, <br />Nor leave thee, when grey hairs are nigh, <br />A melancholy slave; <br />But an old age serene and bright, <br />And lovely as a Lapland night, <br />Shall lead thee to thy grave.<br /><br />William Wordsworth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-young-lady-who-had-been-reproached-for-taking-long-walks-in-the-country/
