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 THE PLAYER QUEEN

(Song from an Unfinished Play)

mother dandled me and sang, 'How young it is, how young!' And made a golden cradle That on a willow swung.

'He went away,' my mother sang, 'When I was brought to bed,' And all the while her needle pulled The gold and silver thread.

She pulled the thread and bit the thread And made a golden gown, And wept because she had dreamt that I Was born to wear a crown.

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