Happy Halloween!

The Hag, by Robert Herrick (1648)

The Hag is astride,
This night for to ride;

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The Devill and shee together:

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Through thick, and through thin,
Now out, and then in,

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Though ne’r so foule be the weather.

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A Thorn or a Burr
She takes for a Spurre:

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With a lash of a Bramble she rides now,

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Through Brakes and through Bryars,
O’re Ditches, and Mires,

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She followes the Spirit that guides now.

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No Beast, for his food,
Dares now range the wood;

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But husht in his laire he lies lurking:

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While mischiefs, by these,
On Land and on Seas,

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At noone of Night are working,

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The storme will arise,
And trouble the skies;

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This night, and more for the wonder,

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The ghost from the Tomb
Affrighted shall come,

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Cal’d out by the clap of the Thunder.

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Here's hoping it isn't too dark and stormy of a night where you are! Be safe, my moxie fab friends, and have a happy Halloween!

~Cath