What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path...
With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields
from some distant window!
How often did he shrink with curdling awe
at the sound of his own steps
on the frosty crust beneath his feet;
and dread to look over his shoulder,
lest he should behold some uncouth being
tramping close behind him!
and how often was he thrown into complete dismay
by some rushing blast, howling among the trees,
in the idea that it was....
the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scouring!
- - - Washington Irving (...from "The Legend of Sleep Hollow")
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
~Scottish Saying
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Great Post! Here's one for you :D
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
~Song of the Witches~ William Shakespeare
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