By the warmth of the sun
By the baby’s cry
By the lambs on the hill
I banish thee.
By the sweetness of the song
By the warm rain falling
By the hum of grass
Begone
From: Fisher, Robert (ed.), Witch Words: Poems of Magic and Mystery, 1987, Faber and Faber: London, p. 13.
(https://archive.org/details/witchwords00fabe/)
Date: 1977
By: Jeni Couzyn (1942- )