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THE OLD WOMAN by JOSEPH CAMPBELL

First Line: AS A WHITE CANDLE / IN A HOLY PLACE
Last Line: UNDER A RUINED MILL.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
As a white candle
In a holy place,
So is the beauty
Of an aged face.

As the spent radiance
Of the winter sun,
So is a woman
With her travail done,

Her brood gone from her,
And her thoughts as still
As the waters
Under a ruined mill.



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