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The Sorceress, Line 2: Where are the bay leaves?

Lines 1–16. Night. Simaetha calls for her love charms and begins a spell to bring back the man who has left her.

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• 2.1 Where are the bay leaves?. Where are my bay leaves? Bring them, Thestylis. And where are the love charms?…
• 2.17 Barley on the fire. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. First the barley meal burns away…
• 2.22 The bay leaf crackles. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Delphis has hurt me, and I…
• 2.27 Wax and the bronze wheel. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. As I melt this wax with…
• 2.32 The dogs howl in the town. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Now I will burn the bran.…
• 2.37 The sea is silent. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Look, the sea is silent and…
• 2.42 Three libations, and Ariadne. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Three times I pour the libation,…
• 2.47 Hippomanes, the plant that maddens horses. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Among the Arcadians there is a…
• 2.52 The fringe of his cloak. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Delphis lost this fringe from his…
• 2.57 A lizard, and herbs on his door. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Tomorrow I will crush a lizard…
• 2.63 Alone, she begins her story. Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. Now that I am alone, where…
• 2.69 The neighbor's nurse. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. The Thracian nurse of Theucharidas, now…
• 2.75 Delphis on the road. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. I was already halfway along the…
• 2.81 I saw, I went mad. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. The moment I saw him I…
• 2.87 Skin and bone. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. My skin often turned as yellow…
• 2.93 She sends for him. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. So I told my slave girl…
• 2.99 He comes to her door. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. "When you find him alone, nod…
• 2.105 Colder than snow. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. I went colder than snow all…
• 2.111 Delphis speaks. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. And the heartless one looked at…
• 2.117 Apples and white poplar. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. "For I would have come, yes,…
• 2.123 Axes and torches. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. "If you had let me in,…
• 2.129 Hotter than Hephaestus. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. "But as it is, I say…
• 2.135 Too quick to believe. See, lady Moon, where my love came from. "With wicked madness he drives a…
• 2.144 News at dawn. He found no fault with me until yesterday, and I none with him. But…
• 2.154 Twelve days. That is what the visitor told me, and she tells the truth. For he…
• 2.159 Farewell, Moon. For now I will bind him with these love charms; but if he goes…

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