Lamia Flashcards
“she was a gordian…”
“shape of dazzling hue.”
“when from this…”
“wreathed tomb shall I awake!”
“when move in a…”
“sweet body fit for life.”
“she seem’d, at once…”
“some penanced lady elf.”
“there is not such a treat…”
“among them all….as a real woman.”
“her throat was…”
“serpent, but the words she spake came, as though bubbling honey.”
“real are the dreams of…”
“Gods, and smoothly pass their pleasures in a long immortal dream.”
“Nor grew they…”
“pale as mortal lovers do.”
“her elfin blood…”
“in madness ran, Her mouth foamed.”
“Nothing but pain…”
“and ugliness were left.”
“whether my eyes…”
“can ever turn from thee!”
“Even as thou…”
“vanishest so I shall die.”
“empty of…”
“immortality and bliss.”
Lamia in Lycius’ mortal world
“pale…”
“with pain.”
“the sounds fled,…”
“but left a thought, a buzzing in his head.”
