Category: Poetry

King Diderik and the fight between the Lion and Dragon, and Other Ballads

Borrow, George, 1803-1881 [Translator]; Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 [Editor]· 1 chapters· 2,501 words

Then first the laidly worm he slew, And then her young he smote; But in vain did he try from the mountain to fly, For tongues of snakes thrust out.

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Then first the laidly worm he slew, And then her young he smote; But in vain did he try from the mountain to fly, For tongues of snakes thrust out.