Mother: Children and sorrow come together. First Are sleepless nights, and cradle watchings - next Your age is vexed with maiden fantasies, And your girl's lover costeth you more care Than ever did your own. It is not well! (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Mother: Children and sorrow come together. First Are sleepless nights, and cradle watchings - next Your age is vexed with maiden fantasies, And your girl's lover costeth you more care Than ever did your own. It is not well!

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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