III + 

And thinking of that fit of grief or rage + 

I look upon one child or t’other there + 

And wonder if she stood so at that age⁠— + 

For even daughters of the swan can share + 

Something of every paddler’s heritage⁠— + 

And had that colour upon cheek or hair + 

And thereupon my heart is driven wild: + 

She stands before me as a living child. + 