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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAR LITTLE LADY WITH SNOW WHITE HAIR, by PAULINE KUNDERD MANLY
Last Line: I hope to see you again over there.
Subject(s): Death; Labor & Laborers; Retirement; Seamstresses; Dead, The; Work; Workers
Last Line: I hope to see you again over there.
Subject(s): Death; Labor & Laborers; Retirement; Seamstresses; Dead, The; Work; Workers
Dear little lady with snow white hair,
Dear little lady with smile so fair.
By your window, in a rocking chair --
When I looked you were always there.
Sitting and sewing day after day,
Trying to earn a meager pay.
Patching and mending and making new
Work that friends brought in to you.
Spring, summer, winter or fall
When I dropped in on you to call,
Interesting hours -- yes indeed
Conversation to the nineties would lead.
But now when I look, you no longer sit.
Work's laid aside and you have quit.
Dear little lady, with smile so fair,
I hope to see you again Over There.
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