Poems (Tynan)/His Knowledge

by Katharine Tynan

HIS KNOWLEDGE

"No one will love you if you're naughty," said
 His nurse, demure and chill.
The Three-years Wisdom shook his bird-bright head,
 And answered, "Mother will."

He built a castle of his bricks the while,
 Poised tower and bastion still;
As one who suffers Folly with a smile,
 He answered, "Mother will."