Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HAZELWOOD WITCH, by RICHARD GALL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: For many lang year I ha'e heard frae my grannie Last Line: The hazelwood witch wi' the bonnie black een. Subject(s): Witchcraft & Witches | ||||||||
FOR many lang year I ha'e heard frae my grannie Of brownies and bogles by you castle wa', Of auld withered hags that were never thought canny, And fairies that danced till they heard the cock craw. I leugh at her tales, and last ouk, i' the gloaming I dandered, alane, down the Hazelwood green; Alas! I was reckless, and rue sair my roaming, For I met a young witch wi' twa bonnie black een. I thought o' the starns in a frosty night glancing, Whan a' the lift round them is cloudless and blue; I lookit again, and my heart fell a dancing; Whan I wad hae spoken she glamoured my mou', O wae to her cantrips! for dumpish I wander; At kirk or at market there's nought to be seen; For she dances before me wherever I dander, The Hazelwood witch wi' the bonnie black een. | 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 |
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