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Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 12, I tie my Hat - I crease my Shawl
Time for Three
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Joyce DiDonato
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I tie my hat, I crease my shoe
Life's little duties do precisely
As the very least were infinite to me!
I put new blossoms in the glass
And throw the old away
I push a petal from my gown
That anchored there I weigh
The time 'twill be till six o'clock!
I have so much to do
And yet existence on my back
Stumped, struck my ticking through
We cannot put ourself away
As a completed man or woman
When the errand's done, we came to flesh upon
There may be miles and miles a knot
Of action simplified
To simulate his stinging work
To cover what we are
From science and from surgery
Too telescopic eyes to bear
On us unshaded, for their sight
Not for ours 'twould start them
We could tremble, but since we got
A bomb and held it in our bosom
Nay, hold it, it is calm, it is calm
Therefore we do life's labor
Though life's reward be done
With scrupulous exactness
To hold our senses on
To hold our senses on
To hold our senses on
To hold our senses on
To hold our senses on
To hold our sen...