“Child of My love, lean hard,
And let Me feel the pressure of thy care;
I know thy burden, child: I shaped it;
Poised it in Mine own hand; made no proportion
In its weight to thine unaided strength,
For even as I laid it on, I said,
‘I shall be near, and white she leans on Me.
This burden shall be Mine, not hers:
So shall I keep My child within the circling arms
Of My own love.’ Here lay it down, nor fear
To impose it on a shoulder which upholds
The government of worlds. Yet closer come:
Thou art not near enough. I would embrace thy care;
So I might feel My child reposing on My breast.
Thou lowest Me? I know it. Doubt not then:
But loving Me, lean hard.”