JOSEPH CAMPBELL 1879-1944

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THE OLD WOMAN

As a white candle

In a holy place

So is the beauty

Of an aged face. 

As the spent radiance

Of the winter sun,

So is a woman

With her travail done,

Her brood gone from her,

And her thoughts as still

As the waters

Under a ruined mill. 

This Irish poet and lyricist wrote under the Gaelic form of his name Soesamh MacCathmhaoil. He is now remembered particularly for words he supplied for original tunes.

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