Chapter 31 No.31

And more and more smiled Isobel

To see the baby sleep so well-

She knew not that she smiled.

Against the lattice, dull and wild

Drive the heavy droning drops,

Drop by drop, the sound being one;

As momently time's segments fall

On the ear of God, who hears through all

Eternity's unbroken monotone:

And more and more smiled