Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWO SAT DOWN, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX


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First Line: Two sat down in the morning time
Last Line: Yet is blazoned in lines of gold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Life; Morning; Singing & Singers


Two sat down in the morning time,
One to sing, and one to spin.
All men listened the song sublime --
But no one listened the dull wheel's din.

The singer sat in a pleasant nook,
And sang of a life that was fair and sweet,
While the spinner sat with a steadfast look
Busily plying her hands and feet.

The singer sang on with a rose in her hair,
And all men listened her dulcet tone;
And the spinner spun on with a dull despair
Down in her heart as she sat alone.

But lo! on the morrow no one said
Aught of the singer or what she sang.
Men were saying: "Behold this thread,"
And loud the praise of the spinner rang.

The world has forgotten the singer's name --
Her rose is faded, her songs are old;
But far o'er the ocean the spinner's fame
Yet is blazoned in lines of gold.





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