With wisdom far beyond her years, br And graver than her wondering peers, br So strong, so mild, combining still br The tender heart and queenly will, br To conscience and to duty true, br So, up from childhood, Mary Grew! br br Then in her gracious womanhood br She gave her days to doing good. br She dared the scornful laugh of men, br The hounding mob, the slanderer's pen. br She did the work she found to do,-- br A Christian heroine, Mary Grew! br br The freed slave thanks her; blessing comes br To her from women's weary homes; br The wronged and erring find in her br Their censor mild and comforter.