Came near, straight saw, and took and raised me up; And knew me for a Hebrew. Miriam My sister to the princess ran, and said, ‘Is it thy pleasure, that I haste and find A nurse for thee to rear this child Among the Hebrew women?’ The princess Gave assent. The maiden to her mother sped, And told, who quick appeared. My own Dear mother took me in her arms. Then said The daughter of the king: ‘Nurse me this child, And I will give thee wages.’And my name Moses she called, because she drew and saved Me from the waters on the river’s bank. And when the days of childhood had flown by, My mother brought me to the palace where The princess dwelt, after disclosing all About my ancestry, and God’s great gifts. In boyhood’s years I royal nurture had, And in all princely exercise was trained, As if the princess’s very son. But when The circling days had run their course, I left the royal palace.”