Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ALLANSFORD PURSUIT, by ISOBEL GOWDIE First Line: Cunning and art he did not lack Last Line: But aye her whistle would fetch him back. Subject(s): Witchcraft & Witches | ||||||||
Cunning and art he did not lack But aye her whistle would fetch him back. O, I shall go into a hare With sorrow and sighing and mickle care, And I shall go in the Devil's name Aye, till I be fetched hame. -- Hare, take heed of a bitch greyhound Will harry thee all these feels around. For here come I in Our Lady's name All but for to fetch thee hame. Cunning and art he did not lack But aye her whistle would fetch him back. Yet, I shall go into a trout With sorrow and sighing and mickle doubt, And show thee many a crooked game Ere that I be fetched hame, -- Trout, take heed of an otter lank Will harry thee close from bank to bank, For here come I in Our Lady's name All but for to fetch thee hame. Cunning and art he did not lack But aye her whistle would fetch him back. Yet I shall go into a bee With mickle horror and dread of thee And flit to hive in the Devil's name Ere that I be fetched hame. -- Bee, take heed of a swallow hen Will harry thee close, both butt and ben, For here come I in Our Lady's name All but for to fetch thee hame. Cunning and art he did not lack But aye her whistle would fetch him back. Yet I shall go into a mouse And haste me unto the miller's house, There in his corn to have good game Ere that I be fetched hame. -- Mouse, take heed of a white tib-cat That never was baulked of mouse or rat, For I'll crack thy bones in Our Lady's name: Thus shalt thou be fetched hame. Cunning and art he did not lack But aye her whistle would fetch him back. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WILD WITCHES' BALL by JACK PRELUTSKY POT MACABRE by DONALD DAVIDSON CHANSON INNOCENTE: 2, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS TWO WITCHES: 1. THE WITCH OF COOS by ROBERT FROST TWO WITCHES: 2. THE PAUPER WITCH OF GRAFTON by ROBERT FROST THE WITCH IN THE GLASS by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT THE DRUM: THE NARRATIVE OF THE DEMON OF TEDWORTH by EDITH SITWELL ANCHORED TO THE INFINITE by EDWIN MARKHAM |
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