The Snake.
By Thomas Moore
My love and I, the other day, Within a myrtle arbor lay, When near us, from a rosy bed, A little Snake put forth its head. "See," said the maid with thoughtful eyes-- "Yonder the fatal emblem lies! "Who could expect such hidden harm "Beneath the rose's smiling charm?" Never did grave remark occur Less -propos than this from her. I rose to kill the snake, but she, Half-smiling, prayed it might not be. "No," said the maiden--and, alas, Her eyes spoke volumes, while she said it-- "Long as the snake is in the grass, "One may, perhaps, have cause to dread it: "But, when its wicked eyes appear, "And when we know for what they wink so, "One must be very simple, dear, "To let it wound one--don't you think so?"
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