Let the superstitious wife Neer the childs heart lay a knife: Point be up, and Haft be downe; (While she gossips in the towne) This 'mongst other mystick charms Keeps the sleeping child from harms. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMORETTI: 19 by EDMUND SPENSER SAINT TERESA'S BOOK-MARK by THERESA OF AVILA ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY by WALT WHITMAN LUCY (4) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE OUTCAST'S DREAM by OLIVE BELL MY SOUL by NETTIE STEPHENSON BOWEN |