I am the Virgin; from this granite ledge
A hundred weary winters have I watched
The lonely road that wanders at my feet;
And many days I ’ve sat here, in my lap
A little heap of snow, and overheard
The dry, dead voices of sere, rustling leaves;
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On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott


Whateer is done to her she cannot know

And if youll ask her she will swear it so

Whether tis good or evil none's to blame

No one can take the pride...

Poet:

        If the young mother clasp, for the first time,

            The mortal child that earthly love has given,

            With a deep joy preluding that of heaven;

        Who shall describe thy ecstacy sublime,

            Oh...

Poet: