Hôm trước ngày lễ thánh Agnes (14) The Eve of St Agnes (14)

The Eve of St Agnes (14)

“St. Agnes! Ah! it is St. Agnes’ Eve--
Yet men will murder upon holy days:
Thou must hold water in a witch’s sieve,
And be liege-lord of all the Elves and Fays,
To venture so: it fills me with amaze
To see thee, Porphyro!--St. Agnes’ Eve!
God’s help! my lady fair the conjuror plays
This very night: good angels her deceive!
But let me laugh awhile, I’ve mickle time to grieve.”