Deadly Demise
"What though the Moor the basilisk has slain"
"And pinned him lifeless to the sandy plain,"
"Up through the spear the subtle venom flies,"
"The hand imbibes it, and the victor dies."
-- Lucan, Pharsalia
"What though the Moor the basilisk has slain"
"And pinned him lifeless to the sandy plain,"
"Up through the spear the subtle venom flies,"
"The hand imbibes it, and the victor dies."
-- Lucan, Pharsalia
