I + 

I walk through the long schoolroom questioning, + 

A kind old nun in a white hood replies; + 

The children learn to cipher and to sing, + 

To study reading-books and history, + 

To cut and sew, be neat in everything + 

In the best modern way⁠—the children’s eyes + 

In momentary wonder stare upon + 

A sixty year old smiling public man. + 