For, coiled at her feet like a child at ease,

The lady sat between her knees,

And o'er them the lady's clasped hands met,

And on those hands her chin was set,

And her upturned face met the face of the crone

Wherein the eyes had grown and grown

As if she could double and quadruple

At pleasure the play of either pupil

—Very like, by her hands' slow fanning,

As up and down like a gor-crow's flappers