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GIRL HELP by JANET LEWIS

First Line: MILD AND SLOW AND YOUNG
Last Line: SCENTED WITH DAYS TO COME.
Subject(s): GIRLS;
Mild and slow and young,
She moves about the room,
And stirs the summer dust
With her wide broom.

In the warm, lofted air,
Soft lips together pressed,
Soft wispy hair,
She stops to rest,

And stops to breathe,
Amid the summer hum,
The great white lilac bloom
Scented with days to come.


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