Quote#Wisdom
Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray
Quote byThomas Middleton · 1580–1627
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Witch (1616), Act v. Sc. 2. Compare: Macbeth, act iv. sc. 1. According to Steevens, "the song was, in all probability, a traditional one"; Collier says, "Doubtless it does not belong to Middleton more than to Shakespeare"; Dyce says, "There seems to be little doubt that ‘Macbeth’ is of an earlie.
English (original)
Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may.
— Thomas Middleton
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