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THE HOLY WOMEN
I have seen Mary at the cross   And Mary at the tombAnd Mary weeping as she spread her hair   In a leper's room.But it was not in Bethany   Or groping up Calvary hillI learned how women break their hearts to ease   Another's ill.
Compassionate and wise in pain,   Most faithful in defeat,The holy Marys I have watched and loved   Live on our street.
Contemporary VerseWilliam Alexander Percy


"I ACCEPT"
I shall go out as all men go,Spent flickers in a mighty wind,Then I shall know, as all must know,What lies the great gray veil behind.
There may be nothing but a deepAnd timeless void without a nameWhere no sun hangs, no dead stars sleep,And there is neither light nor flame.
There may be meadows there and hills,Mountains and plains and winds that blow,And flowers bending over rillsSpringing from an eternal snow.
There may be oceans white with foamAnd great tall ships for hungry menWho called our little salt seas homeAnd burn to launch their keels again.

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