Elinor Morton Wylie

Here you will find thePoemCurious Circumstanceof poet Elinor Morton 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.