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" Left to herself, the serpent now began
To change; her elfin blood in madness ran,
Her mouth foam’d, and the grass, therewith besprent,
Wither’d at dew so sweet and virulent;
Her eyes in torture fix’d, and anguish drear, 150
Hot, glaz’d, and wide, with lid-lashes all sear,
Flash’d phosphor and sharp sparks, "

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John Keats quote : Left to herself, the serpent now began<br />To change; her elfin blood in madness ran,<br />Her mouth foam’d, and the grass, therewith besprent,<br />Wither’d at dew so sweet and virulent;<br />Her eyes in torture fix’d, and anguish drear, 150<br />Hot, glaz’d, and wide, with lid-lashes all sear,<br />Flash’d phosphor and sharp sparks,