| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 671. The Witch in the Glass |
| | | By Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt |
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| “MY mother says I must not pass | |
| Too near that glass; | |
| She is afraid that I will see | |
| A little witch that looks like me, | |
| With a red, red mouth to whisper low | 5 |
| The very thing I should not know!” | |
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| “Alack for all your mother’s care! | |
| A bird of the air, | |
| A wistful wind, or (I suppose | |
| Sent by some hapless boy) a rose, | 10 |
| With breath too sweet, will whisper low | |
| The very thing you should not know!” | |
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