English poem
Come down!" cried Bluebeard, "time is up!" With many a sigh…
by Walter Crane (1863–1929)
"Come down!" cried Bluebeard, "time is up!" With many a sigh and moan, She prayed him for a minute more; he shouted still, "Come down!" "O sister Anne, look out, look out! and do you nothing see?" "At last I see our brothers two come riding hastily." "Now spare me, Bluebeard,—spare thy wife!" but as the words were said,