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69 lines
1.2 KiB
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THE WITCH'S BALLAD
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Oh, I have been beyond the town,
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Where nightshade black and mandrake grow,
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And I have heard and I have seen
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What righteous folk would fear to know!
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For I have heard, at still midnight,
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Upon the hilltop far, forlorn,
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With note that echoed through the dark,
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The winding of the heathen horn.
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And I have seen the fire aglow,
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And glinting from the magic sword,
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And with the inner eye beheld
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The Horned One, the Sabbat's lord.
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We drank the wine, and broke the bread,
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And ate it in the Old One's name.
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We linked our hands to make the ring,
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And laughed and leaped the Sabbat game.
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Oh, little do the townsfolk reck,
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When dull they lie within their bed!
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Beyond the streets, beneath the stars,
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A merry round the witches tread!
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And round and round the circle spun,
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Until the gates swung wide ajar,
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That bar the boundries of earth
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From faery realms that shine afar.
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Oh, I have been and I have seen
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In magic worlds of Otherwhere.
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For all this world may praise or blame,
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For ban or blessing nought I care.
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For I have been beyond the town,
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Where meadowsweet and roses grow,
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And there such music did I hear
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As worldly-rightous never know.
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D.V.
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