Hag

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2>THE HAG </h2> <p> The Hag is astride,<br/> This night for to ride,<br/> The devil and she together;<br/> Through thick and through thin,<br/> Now out, and then in,<br/> Though ne'er so foul be the weather.<br/> <br/> A thorn or a bur<br/> She takes for a spur;<br/> With a lash of a bramble she rides now,<br/> Through brakes and through briars,<br/> O'er ditches and mires,<br/> She follows the spirit that guides now.<br/> <br/> No beast, for his food,<br/> Dares now range the wood,<br/> But hush'd in his lair he lies lurking;<br/> While mischiefs, by these,<br/> On land and on seas,<br/> At noon of night are a-working.<br/> <br/> The storm will arise,<br/> And trouble the skies<br/> This night; and, more for the wonder,<br/> The ghost from the tomb<br/> Affrighted shall come,<br/> Call'd out by the clap of the thunder.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />