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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIDDLE, by E. H." "H. [PSEUD.]
First Line: Where's an old woman to go when the years
Last Line: "leaving her faltering, furrowed and scored - / what's an old woman's reward?"
Alternate Author Name(s): "h., E. H.;
Subject(s): Old Age;riddles;women
First Line: Where's an old woman to go when the years
Last Line: "leaving her faltering, furrowed and scored - / what's an old woman's reward?"
Alternate Author Name(s): "h., E. H.;
Subject(s): Old Age;riddles;women
Where's an old woman to go when the years
Leave her alone with her sighs and her tears,
Gray-haired and penniless, feeble and slow --
Where's an old woman to go?
What's an old woman to do when her kin
Fail to remember that hands, worn and thin,
Cared for them, slaved for them, all the years through --
What's an old woman to do?
What's an old woman's reward for a life
Given to others as Mother and Wife,
Leaving her faltering, furrowed and scored --
What's an old woman's reward?
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