Joaquin Miller Quote

O woman, born first to believe us;
Yea, also born first to forget;
Born first to betray and deceive us,
Yet first to repent and regret! O first then in all that is human,
Lo! first where the Nazarene trod,
O woman! O beautiful woman!
Be then first in the kingdom of God!

The Danites: and Other Choice Selections from the Writings of Joaquin Miller (1877), p. 52.