I am looking at a witch hazel blooming in a garden the bright yellow flowers in the middle of wintertime and I tell heart be strong like the witch hazel flower and you will not be injured by this dark and troubled time. I take myself along to a place I know in winter and I look at that south sloping bank covered with ice and I tell my heart it all will melt and run down to the ocean and you will not be injured by this dark and troubled time. I am looking at a witch hazel ... We must say good-bye to the one we love, we must say good-bye to many We must say good-bye, in way too short a time, and I tell my heart be strong like the witch hazel flower and you will not be injured by this dark and troubled time. I am looking at a witch hazel ...
recording: Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, & Cindy Mangsen [YouTube]
notes: "witch" hazel etymology, history, and uses [USDA Forest Service]
notes: witch hazel in gardens and the wild [Farmers Almanac]
notes: witch hazel medicinal uses [Web MD]