Wednesday, October 31, 2012

A Bewitching Night



Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

10 comments:

Susie said...

Jo....spooky little poem and witchy poo. Smiles, Susie

Nellie said...

Very appropriate words from Shakespeare!

Happy Day to you!

John Going Gently said...

happy halloween x

L. D. said...

I have always liked this writing and your illustration is wonderful.

DJan said...

Yes, cauldrons seem to be de rigueur for tonight! :-)

Terry said...

Happy Halloween!

Christine said...

I just love this! Perfect for Halloween.

moira said...

Just wanted to say that I have been "dropping in" to read your blog for a while now and to tell you how much I like it. It is so beautiful....a wee place of calm. Thank you so much for writing it.m

Stella Jones said...

Lovely pic and poem! Over here it was very windy with rain in it and no brave souls were out and about (thank goodness). I have a splendid pumpkin, but it's so nice I don't like to cut into it just yet!

DeniseinVA said...

Happy 1st of November to you Jo. Enjoyed the picture and the poem. We only had about 10 kids on the doorstep last night. It gets quieter every year.