 | Rudyard Kipling's Verse |  |
[This I saw when the rites were done]
This I saw when the rites were done,And the lamps were dead and the Gods alone,
And the grey snake coiled on the altar-stone—
Ere I fled from a Fear that I could not see,
And the Gods of the East made mouths at me.
| Rudyard Kipling's Verse | |