Social Commentaries
She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping
From In This Our World (1893; 5th ed. 1914)
Social Commentaries
She walketh veiled and sleeping,
For she knoweth not her power;
She obeyeth but the pleading
Of her heart, and the high leading
Of her soul, unto this hour.
Slow advancing, halting, creeping,
Comes the Woman to the hour!—
She walketh veiled and sleeping,
For she knoweth not her power.
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MLA
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gilman/97/.
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gilman/97/.
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