When I was girl by Nilus stream <br /> <br />I watched the deserts stars arise; <br /> <br />My lover, he who dreamed the Sphinx, <br /> <br />Learned all his dreaming from eyes. <br /> <br /> <br />I bore in Greece a burning name, <br /> <br />And I have been in Italy <br /> <br />Madonna to a painter-lad, <br /> <br />And mistress to a Medici. <br /> <br /> <br />And have you heard (and I have heard) <br /> <br />Of puzzled men with decorous mien, <br /> <br />Who judged - the wench knew far too much - <br /> <br />And burnt her on the Salem green?<br /><br />Adelaide Crapsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-witch-8/