Sometimes

SOMETIMES, looking deep into the eyes of a child,
you are conscious of meeting a glance full of wisdom.
The child has known nothing yet but love and beauty--
all this piled-up world knowledge you have acquired
is unguessed at by him. And yet you meet this wonder-
ful look that tells you in a moment more than all the
years of experience have seemed to teach.

                                     ~ Hildegarde Hawthorne