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Poems (Piatt)/Volume 2/The Witch in the Glass

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by Sarah Piatt
The Witch in the Glass
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THE WITCH IN THE GLASS, ETC.


THE WITCH IN THE GLASS
"My mother says I must not passToo near that glass;She is afraid that I will seeA little witch that looks like me,With a red, red mouth to whisper lowThe very thing I should not know!"
"Alack for all your mother's care!A bird of the air,A wistful wind,or (I supposeSent by some hapless boy) a rose,With breath too sweet, will whisper lowThe very thing you should not know!"