Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

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The Parcae

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

In their dark House of Cloud
The three weird sisters toil till time be sped:
One unwinds life; one ever weaves the shroud;
One waits to cut the thread.

Source:

Flower And Thorn: Later Poems
Copyright 1876
James R. Osgood And Company, Boston
 

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