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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD WOMAN, by MIRIAM VEDDER
First Line: A very old woman once lived in a house
Last Line: And what the old woman wrapped 'round her at night.
Subject(s): Old Age; Wellesley College; Women
First Line: A very old woman once lived in a house
Last Line: And what the old woman wrapped 'round her at night.
Subject(s): Old Age; Wellesley College; Women
A VERY old woman once lived in a house,
As grey as the rain, and as still as a mouse.
Two candles she had, and a table and chair,
And all by herself the old woman lived there.
And never a neighbor, taking her way past,
Saw her at supper or dinner or breakfast.
Only the rose tree that grew by the shutter
Knew something more than a rose tree could utter:
Knew why the cupboard was empty and white,
And what the old woman wrapped 'round her at night.
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