Serpent

Famous quotes containing the word serpent:

“Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“O serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“You danced with me never saying a word.
Instead the serpent spoke as you held me close.
The serpent, that mocker, woke up and pressed against me
like a great god and we bent together
like two lonely swans.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)