section XIII Hush now baby don't say a word Mama's going to buy you a mocking bird The third Joyful mystery. The joy that descends on you when all the trees are cut down and all the fountains polluted and you are still alive waiting for an absent savior. The third Joyful mystery. If the mocking bird don't sing Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring The diamond ring is God, the mocking bird the Holy Ghost. The third Joyful mystery. The joy that descends on you when all the trees are cut down and all the fountains polluted and you are still alive waiting for an absent savior. section XIV If the diamond ring turns brass Mama's going to buy you a looking glass Marianne Moore and Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams going on a picnic together when they were all students at the University of Pennsylvania Now they are all over seventy and the absent baby Is a mirror sheltering their image.