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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WILLS OF THE WISP; A SAPPHIC, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lunatic witch-fires! Ghosts of light and motion
Last Line: Black-ey'd rebecca!
Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
First Line: Lunatic witch-fires! Ghosts of light and motion
Last Line: Black-ey'd rebecca!
Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
Lunatic Witch-fires! Ghosts of Light and Motion!
Fearless I see you weave your wanton dances
Near me, far off me; you, that tempt the traveller
Onward and onward.
Wooing, retreating, till the swamp beneath him
Groans -- and 'tis dark! -- This woman's wile -- I know it!
Learnt it from thee, from thy perfidious glances!
Black-ey'd Rebecca!
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