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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By John BanisterTabb

951 The Sisters

THE WAVES forever move;

The hills forever rest:

Yet each the heavens approve,

And Love alike hath blessed

A Martha’s household care,

A Mary’s cloistered prayer.