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Her maids attend her.
But does the one perched near the window dream of the musician's touch?
Does the low-seated woman bare her shoulder and gaze
into the eyes of the laureled suitor;
confident the flowers offered her lady are meant for her?
Surrounded by the hope of lust
satisfied, of warm lips and small gifts;
the hope of obtaining a king's still beautiful and wealthy bride,
Penelope sits and weaves
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Penelope and the Suitors, 1912 by John Williams Waterhouse
