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Poem by Elinor Wylie


Curious Circumstance


The sailorman’s child 
And the girl of the witch-- 
They can’t be defiled 
By touching pitch.

The sailorman’s son 
Had a ship for a nursery; 
The other one 
Was baptised by sorcery.

Although he’s shipped 
To the Persian Gulf, her 
Body’s been dipped 
In burning sulphur.



Elinor Wylie


Elinor Wylie's other poems:
  1. The Fairy Goldsmith
  2. Silver Filigree
  3. A Crowded Trolley-Car
  4. Address to My Soul
  5. Bronze Trumpets and Sea Water - On Turning Latin into English


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