SHE WALKETH veiled and sleeping, <br />For she knoweth not her power; <br />She obeyeth but the pleading <br />Of her heart, and the high leading <br />Of her soul, unto this hour. <br />Slow advancing, halting, creeping, <br />Comes the Woman to the hour!– <br />She walketh veiled and sleeping, <br />For she knoweth not her power.<br /><br />Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-walketh-veiled-and-sleeping/