Both nuns and mothers worship ...

Both nuns and mothers worship images,
But those the candles light are not as those
That animate a mother\'s reveries,
But keep a marble or a bronze repose.
Both nuns and mothers worship images, But those the candles light are not as those That animate a mother's reveries, But keep a marble or a bronze repose.

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