Versos English Charles Godfrey Leland She grew older in an instant

English poem

She grew older in an instant

by (1824–1903)

Listen in the reader

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.