Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ORDEAL BY FIRE, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG


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First Line: And so she was condemned to pass the night
Last Line: And the grey monks intoned, she was no witch, she was no witch!
Subject(s): Witchcraft & Witches


And so she was condemned to pass the night
Above, beneath, beside, within a flame;
And everywhere she looked the sky was bright,
And everywhere she turned the burning came.

Tongues licked her body, and a blaze
Piled up as though her April skin were pitch;
And yet she rose unharmed, and went her ways,
And the grey monks intoned, She was no witch, She was no witch!




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