Work And Contemplation
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Is full, and artfully her fingers feel
The woman singeth at her spinning-wheel
Work And Contemplation
While thus, apart from toil, our souls pursue
She thinketh of her song, upon the whole,
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A pleasant chant, ballad or barcarole;
Our Fathers business in these temples mirk,