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TO TWO WOMEN.
You
who bore the pain and care
Only women have to bear,
You who staked your life to win
Life for me, to love you in,
You who loved me all these years,
With your kisses, prayers, and tears.—
Only women have to bear,
You who staked your life to win
Life for me, to love you in,
You who loved me all these years,
With your kisses, prayers, and tears.—
You whose being gave to earth
All that gives my life its worth,
You who gave me love and praise
In the darkest of my days:
To you both where far you stand,
See, I reach out heart and hand.
All that gives my life its worth,
You who gave me love and praise
In the darkest of my days:
To you both where far you stand,
See, I reach out heart and hand.
Heart that love of you enfolds,
Hand that this poor nosegay holds:
If some weeds about it twine,
Cast them back, for they are mine;
All the flowers were set by you,
And within your garden grew.
Hand that this poor nosegay holds:
If some weeds about it twine,
Cast them back, for they are mine;
All the flowers were set by you,
And within your garden grew.
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