The Witness

The Witness written by William Henry Davies

From "The Birth Of Song", 1936

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The witness to my document
Was called a woman of shame;
She takes my pen, and lifts her clothes,
To kneel, and write her name.

With head bowed down, on bended knees,
She kneels before my chair;
And, writing slowly, rises up -
As a little child from prayer.

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