The Beldam's Song. Nahum Tate Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ... 1677 pp. 98-99. [15],133p.

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The Beldam's Song . APpear my Kib-welkin , dear Spirit appear In the Shape Of an Ape , A Fire-spitting Dragon , or Clump-footed Bear . Madge has whoopt me twice from her Ivy-bound Oak , And twice have I heard the dull Night-Raven croak . Let me stride thee my Welkin , and post it away Ere the Moon Reach her Noon . For the Night is the Wey-ward Sister's Day . Through the Air let us take our fantastical Round , And sipp of the Dew While 'tis New , Ere the Honey-drops fall to the Ground . But when we are mounted , and in our Carear , Make neither Hault nor Stay , And to none give the Way , Tho Hecat her self shou'd be rounding the Air . For once I'le encounter , And try to dismount her , Pitch her Heels over Head To some Quagg-mire below , and Reign Queen in her stead Bustle , bustle my Kib , and be sure e're we part , Thou shalt Suck at the Dugg that is next to my Heart .