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Mistress Quiet-Eyes

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While I sit beside the window     I can hear the pigeons coo,     That the air is warm and blue,     And how well the young bird flew -     Then I fold my arms and scold the heart     That thought the pigeons knew.     While I sit beside the window     I can watch the flowers grow     Till the seeds are ripe and blow     To the fruitful earth below -     Then I shut my eyes and tell my heart     The flowers cannot know.     While I sit beside the window     I am growing old and drear;     Does it matter what I hear,     What I see, or what I fear?     I can fold my hands and hush my heart     That is straining to a tear.     The earth is gay with leaf and flower,     The fruit is ripe upon the tree,     The pigeons coo in the swinging bower,     But I sit wearily     Watching a beggar-woman nurse     A baby on her knee.

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