ORDINARY CHILD

I marvel at what tact, what force,

What wisdom from some hidden source ,
What superhuman understanding,

What genius for adroit commanding,
What sympathy , “a wit, what prayer,
What saintly patience, selfish care

It takes to bring up fair and mild,

A wholly ordinary child.

- Mabel Kelley

-F- Steinbach, Man.

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