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46 THE OLD WOMAN Something a farmer learns in his life Is to live with the weather—just like an old wife— Tired of her crochets but proud half the way Of his cranky old woman who works every day. If it’s sunshine he’s wanting, why rain she thinks best; If it’s south wind he calls for, she sends him the west; But season by season, a faithful old spouse— She works and she briggles—The Earth is her house. ...

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