I came by myself to a very crowded place;
I was looking for someone who had lines in her face
I found her there but she was past all concern;
I asked her to hold me, I said, "Lady, unfold me,"
But she scorned me and she told me
The narrator looks for someone with experience, wisdom, someone older. This reading supports the view that this song is not about an actual woman but an allegory, maybe a muse, maybe faith, maybe poetry herself.
Lady Midnight