In her later years,she worked as a teacher,a librarian and as maid.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

III Yonder a maid and her wight Come whispering by: War's annals will fade into night Ere their story die.

那边一个女仆和她的同伴,走进来低语：,在故事结束前战争会没入夜色中。

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Forty-two-year-old Renu Bose came to New Delhi from her village in West Bengal state to work as a house maid, two years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"Her writing really jumps in a huge way when a permanent maid is in the kitchen.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

In her book,"Maid as Muse." Murray explores the relationship between Dickinson and her staff.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

"First of all, having a maid made it possible for her to write."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22