English poem
She grew older in an instant
by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903)
She grew older in an instant, She became very old indeed: A pale color rippled All over her face. She fell, Looking a hundred years, Dead upon the floor. Shrivelled and dried as she fell, Then dropped to powder—“She Will trouble you no more.” Then said the conjurer; “Her dance is over now.” L.