| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920. |
| Joseph Campbell (Seosamh MacCathmhaoil). 1881– |
| 122. The Old Woman |
| AS a white candle | |
| In a holy place, | |
| So is the beauty | |
| Of an aged face. | |
| As the spent radiance | 5 |
| Of the winter sun, | |
| So is a woman | |
| With her travail done, | |
| Her brood gone from her, | |
| And her thoughts as still | 10 |
| As the waters | |
| Under a ruined mill. |
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