Quote#Courage
My mother says I must not pass
Quote bySarah Morgan Bryan Piatt · 1836–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Witch in the Glass (1881)..
English (original)
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 mouth to whisper low The very thing I should not know.
— Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
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