StoryTitle("caps", "The Hag") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(53, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The Hag is astride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "This night for a ride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Her wild steed and she together; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Through thick and through thin, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Now out, and then in,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Though ne'er so foul be the weather.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A thorn or a burr", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "She takes for a spur; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With a last of a bramble she rides now, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Through brakes and through briars, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "O'er ditches and mires,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She follows the spirit that guides now.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "No beast for his food ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Dares now range the wood, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But hushed in his lair he lies lurking; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "While mischief by these,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On land and on seas,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "At noon or night are found working.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The storm will arise ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And trouble the skies ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "This night; and, more for wonder, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The ghost from the tomb ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Affrighted shall come,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Called out by the clap of the thunder. ", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Robert Herrick.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>