Please help me identify this poem

[AStar617]

All my grandfather can remember of it is something like "the woman was old, crippled, and gray / and walked with the chills of a winter day"... and that it's about a woman who says a prayer for a boy before she goes to bed at night. However, he's not sure of the exact words. It is his favorite poem he ever read, but it's been decades since he last did so. I would like to find it for him.

Any help appreciated... thanks.

 

[kranky]

Here.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: kranky
Here.

FTW

 

[AStar617]

Thank you VERY much. :beer:

 

[kranky]

Glad I could help, and thanks for the beer.

 

[AStar617]

You deserve it... your assistance has allowed me to track down this rare miniature book, which will make a fine unexpected gift for him.

Here, another on the house... :beer:

 

[kranky]

I bet he'll really like that - and it will be a heck of a surprise.

 

[ATLien247]

Mother!

There is no other!