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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WITCH, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I have walked a great while over the snow Last Line: Oh, lift me over the threshold, and let me in at the door. Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos Subject(s): Death; Women; Dead, The | |||
I have walked a great while over the snow, And I am not tall nor strong. My clothes are wet, and my teeth are set, And the way was hard and long. I have wandered over the fruitful earth, But I never came here before. Oh, lift me over the threshold, and let me in at the door! The cutting wind is a cruel foe. I dare not stand in the blast. My hands are stone, and my voice a groan, And the worst of death is past. I am but a little maiden still, My little white feet are sore. Oh, lift me over the threshold, and let me in at the door! Her voice was the voice that women have, Who plead for their heart's desire. She came -- she came -- and the quivering flame Sank and died in the fire. It never was lit again on my hearth Since I hurried across the floor, Oh, lift me over the threshold, and let me in at the door. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND WHERE A ROMAN VILLA STOOD, ABOVE FREIBURG' by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE |
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