At noon I leave my clothes out to dry;
at sunset I fold them up
and carry them home in a willow-wood box.
The women laugh and ask each other:
"Who's that old servant with bare feet?"
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
by Henry David Thoreau
The loudest sound that burdens here the breeze
Is the wood's whisper; 'tis when we choose to list
Audible sound, and when we list not,