Three lovely sisters working were, <br />As they were closely set, <br />Of soft and dainty maiden-hair, <br />A curious Armilet. <br />I, smiling, ask'd them what they did, <br />Fair Destinies all three? <br />Who told me they had drawn a thread <br />Of life, and 'twas for me. <br />They shew'd me then how fine 'twas spun <br />And I replied thereto; <br />'I care not now how soon 'tis done, <br />Or cut, if cut by you.'<br /><br />Robert Herrick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-parcae-or-three-dainty-destinies-the-armilet/
