I saw a curly leaf and it was caught against the grassy side,
And it was tangled in the watery grasses where the branch is wide;
I had it for my little ark of rushes that must wait and hide.


I had it for my little Moses hidden where no one could see,
The little baby Moses that nobody knew about but me.


And I was hiding in the flags and I was waiting all the day,
And watching on the bank to see if Pharaoh's daughter came that way.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/among-the-rushes/