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SHUTTLE SONG by MARION CUMMINGS

First Line: AS A WEAVER'S SHUTTLE
Last Line: "BEYOND THE SUN."
Subject(s): SPINNING; WEAVING & WEAVERS;
As a weaver's shuttle,
To and fro,
The days come
And the days go.
Faster and faster
The shuttles run,
Now what shall be woven
When the web is done?
"You shall have a shroud
For life that's done
And a birth robe
For life begun.

"Be the thread dark,
Or be the thread fair,
Stain of passion
Or white of prayer,
When the shuttles are still
And the last thread run
You shall wear it
Beyond the sun."



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