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First Line: Some of th' amazed women dropt down dead
Last Line: Black blood, and fiery breath, and poys'onous soul he squeezes out.
Variant Title(s): Hercules And The Serpents
Subject(s): Hercules; Mythology - Classical


Some of th' amazed Women dropt down dead
With fear, some wildely fled
About the room, some into corners crept,
Where silently they shook and wept.
All naked from her bed the passionate Mother lept
To save or perish with her Child,
She trembled, and she cry'ed, the mighty Infant smil'd.
The mighty Infant seem'd well pleas'd
At his gay gilded foes,
And as their spotted necks up to the Cradle rose,
With his young warlike hands on both he seis'ed;
In vain they rag'd, in vain they hist,
In vain their armed Tails they twist,
And angry Circles cast about,
Black blood, and fiery Breath, and poys'onous Soul he squeezes out.





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