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1820–1897

XLVI.

Jean Ingelow

The white-witch that tempted of yore So utterly doth substance lack, You may breathe her nearer and breathe her back. Soft her eyes, her speech full clear:

‘ Hail, thou Sigismund my fere, Bargain with me yea or nay. NAY, I go to my true place, And no more thou seest my face.

YEA, the good be all thine own, For now will I advance thy day, And yet will leave the night alone.

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