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by Unknown

OOR lone Hannah,

Sitting at the window, binding shoes!

Faded, wrinkled,

Sitting stitching, in a mournful muse!

Bright-eyed beauty once was she,

When the bloom was on the tree:

Spring and winter

Hannah’s at the window, binding shoes.

Not a neighbor

Passing nod or answer will refuse