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Posted By: WalkaboutsVerse
07-Dec-09 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Hunting the witch at Pendle Hill
Subject: RE: Folklore: Hunting the witch at Pendle Hill
Poem 118 of 230: WHALLEY ABBEY...WHAT TALES? - AUTUMN 2000
Cistercian monks have clearly been -
Their Abbey's ruins can still be seen;
And, sounding for centuries before,
Calder flows have passed - seeking the shore.
Lords of the grounds have, more lately, stayed -
Their manor houses reused and unscathed.
Through beautiful gardens insects fly -
The ruins of folk just a pass-by;
And, by viaduct, trains pass above -
Folk thereby viewing a town I love.
Anglers and C. of E. delegates,
Hikers and tourists, have crossed the gates...
Opportunistic masons, kings-men,
Model makers, Turner, and men who pen...
Perhaps the witches came down from the hill,
And do ghosts haunt - still questing their fill..?
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