[Pauses and looks out.]

Who is she, that, stooping deep,

Chambers hither up the steep,—

Crooked back and craning crop?

Now for breath she has to stop,

Clutches wildly lest she stumble,

And her skinny fingers fumble

Fierce for something that she drags

In those deep and roomy bags.

Skirt, like folds of feather’d skin,