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There too the poet marked a fiery snake
Transfix a spirit with a sudden stroke:
Flat lay the worm, while the wound spouted smoke,
And each eyed each, as gazing ne'er would slake.
Transfix a spirit with a sudden stroke:
Flat lay the worm, while the wound spouted smoke,
And each eyed each, as gazing ne'er would slake.
Then 'gan each several limb of him to quake,
And a most hideous change in each awoke,
And slowly o'er their vital members broke,
As changes o'er a ghastly vision break,
And a most hideous change in each awoke,
And slowly o'er their vital members broke,
As changes o'er a ghastly vision break,
For the snake rose up, as the man fell down,
Branched into legs and blossomed forth with ears:
The man that was fled hissing in a trice.
Branched into legs and blossomed forth with ears:
The man that was fled hissing in a trice.
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Tuscan, my heart confirms thy truth's renown,
That kissing serpents changed to one appears,
Like virtue with long gazing upon vice.
That kissing serpents changed to one appears,
Like virtue with long gazing upon vice.
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