47. The Old Woman by Joseph Campbell. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

47. The Old Woman

By Joseph Campbell


AS a white candle
In a holy place,
So is the beauty
Of an agèd face.

As the spent radiance	5
Of the winter sun,
So is a woman
With her travail done.

Her brood gone from her,
And her thoughts as still	10
As the waters
Under a ruined mill.

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