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Show THE SPINNER. The spinner twisted her slendj?r thread As she sat. and spun: "The earth and the heavens are mine," she said, "And the moon and the sun; Into my web the sunlight goes. And the breath of. May i And the crimson life of th? new-blown I rose ! That was born today." j v . The spinner sang in the hush of noon And her song was low, "Ah, morning, you pass away too soon. You are swift to go. My heart o'erftows like a brimming cup Witlj its hopes and fears Love, come and drink the sweetness up Ere it turn to tears." The spinner looked at .the falling sun, "Is it time to rest? -My-hands are weary my work is done. I have wrought my best I have spun and woven with patient eyes. And with fingers fleet Lo! where the toikof a lifetime lies In a winding sheet!" l Mary Ainge De Vere. j |