Characteristics of a Child three Years old

Loving she is, and tractable, though wild;And Innocence hath privilege in herTo dignify arch looks and laughing eyes;And feats of cunning; and the pretty roundOf trespasses, affected to provokeMock-chastisement and partnership in play.And, as a faggot sparkles on the hearth,Not less if unattended and aloneThan when both young and old sit gathered roundAnd take delight in its activity,Even so this happy Creature of herselfIs all sufficient: solitude to herIs blithe society, who fills the airWith gladness and involuntary songs.Light are her sallies as the tripping Fawn'sForth-startled from the fern where she lay couched;Unthought-of, unexpected as the stirOf the soft breeze ruffling the meadow flowers;Or from before it chasing wantonlyThe many-coloured images impressedUpon the bosom of a placid lake.