“Lady, whither would you stray?
Tempt no more this dang’rous wood;
Blood-besprinkled is the way,
Evil lurks, to injure good.
Lady, home, and swiftly, go;
Horror follows as you fly:
Lady, wherefore linger so?
Hasten, or prepare to die.
“”I was once a virgin fair,
Morven lov’d, and thought him true;
Morven left me to despair-
Morven thus will do by you.
“”Lady, then no more delay;
Hear me warn-in haste depart:
Fiends, assembling in your way,
Long to feast upon your heart.
“”Round a cauldron-round and round,
Lo! they brew a horrid charm;
Magic words, of direful sound,
Shall your pow’rs of flight disarm.
“”Fly, oh! fly this dusky wood,
O’er the flame your fibres shrink;
Drunk, they riot on your blood,
Reeling, tott’ring as they drink.
“”Lo! they thirst, they rage for you,
Yelling hoarse with fearful cry;
Wild with transport they pursue,
Laughing loud to see you fly.
“”Vain your flight-I sadly tell
Hope of mercy too is vain;
If you step in magic spell,
Never may you turn again.
“”Lo! they rush-they seize you now-
In your bosom dart their fangs;
Now your blood begins to flow-
Wild they suck amid your pangs.
“”Spent with fury, now give o’er-
Yelling bear you swift away;
Sink to hell, and rise no more
Till they scent another prey.
“”I was once a virgin fair,
Morven lov’d, and thought him true;
Morven left me to despair-
Morven thus will do by you.
“”Lady, then no more delay;
Hear me warn-in haste depart:
Fiends, assembling in your way,
Long to feast upon your heart.””
(Charlotte Dacre)”
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