One swift shriek uttered, and fled.

And Meenie awoke, and terror

And wonder were in her eyes;

And she looked at the moon-white valley,

And she looked to the starlit skies.

O haste you back, Meenie, haste you,

And haste to your bed again;

For these are the wild witch-maidens

Down from the northern main.

O hear you not yet their singing