A hard north-easter fifty winters long
Has bronzed and shrivelled sere her face and neck;
Her locks are wild and grey, her teeth a wreck;
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'Her foot is vast, her bowed leg spare and strong...
Nor seems their picked, stern, old-world quaintness wrong.'
Very good description. Having never seen such a personage, my mind can conjure an image at this prompt.
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'Her foot is vast, her bowed leg spare and strong... Nor seems their picked, stern, old-world quaintness wrong.' Very good description. Having never seen such a personage, my mind can conjure an image at this prompt.