"Said the tiger to the lily, Said the viper to the rose, Let us marry so our children May attain the double pose. With a feline half a flower With the attar in the asp We could institute a slaughter That would make a planet gasp."

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Source : Nathalia Crane (1928). “Venus Invisible: And Other Poems”

Nathalia Crane

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