Reciprocity + 

Her mother, Elfie older grown, + 

One evening, for adieu, + 

Said, “You’ll not mind being left alone, + 

For God takes care of you!” + 

In child-way her heart’s eye did see + 

The correlation’s node: + 

“Yes,” she said, “God takes care o’ me, + 

An’ I take care o’ God.” + 

The child and woman were the same, + 

She changed not, only grew; + 

’Twixt God and her no shadow came: + 

The true is always true! + 

As daughter, sister, promised wife, + 

Her heart with love did brim: + 

Now, sure, it brims as full of life, + 

Hid fourteen years in him! + 