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The Serpent's Sang
Author(s): Sheena Blackhall
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Gin I wis ivy, I wid twine
Yon lang, lean limbs, unyieldin's stane,
Sear laggard thocht; a kinnelt vine,
Wi leaves o langin fill his een.
He'd learn tae loe me quick eneuch,
Gin he war bane, an I war bluid-
A flytin tide, I'd draw awa,
Leavin him pale, as I am reid.
I am the serpent in the stoor;
Though lower that the dust I lie,
I haud the knowledge o delicht,
O fa daur pass me by?
A thoosand-fauld they crush my heid,
I hissin rise an multiply.
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