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WHEN I am busying about, / Sewing on buttons, tapes, and strings, / Hanging the week's wet washing out / Or ironing the children's things, / Sweeping and dusting, cleaning grates, / Scrubbing the dresser or the floors, / Washing the greasy dinner plates, / Scouring the brasses on the doors --
I wonder what it's all about, / And when did people first begin / To keep the dirt and wornness out / And keep the wholesome comfort in: / How long it is since women bore / This round of wash and make and mend, / And what God makes us do it for / And whether it will ever end!