Living

The Sleep of Sigismund: XLVI

by Jean Ingelow 1820–1897

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.

Living

The white-witch that tempted of yore
So utterly doth substance lack,
You may breathe her nearer and breathe her back.
Soft her eyes, her speech full clear:
'Hail, thou Sigismund my fere,
Bargain with me yea or nay.
NAY, I go to my true place,
And no more thou seest my face.
YEA, the good be all thine own,
For now will I advance thy day,
And yet will leave the night alone.

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Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: XLVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/87/.

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Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: XLVI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/87/.

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