Eunice W. Luckey, The Souvenir of Western Women (1905)
“ Their voices woke the mirth that charms and cheers— Those bonny babies of the pioneers. Wherever danger lurked and courage failed, When even the stout hearts of their fathers quailed, They scorned the foeman's arrows and his spears— Those sturdy babies of the pioneers. Life's morning broadened into glowing day. Life's noontide faded into twilight gray, They bore the heavy burdens of the years— Those stalwart children of the pioneers. The time of testing is forever past. ”
