And the Serpent replied,
Jewel Queen! beauty's price!
'Tis the time for sacrifice!
She grasped another, one of leaden colour, with yellow bars and silver crescents, and cried:
Treble-tongue and throat of fire,
Name the creature ye require!
And the Serpent replied:
Ruby lip! poison tooth!
We are hungry for a youth.
She grasped another that writhed in her fingers like liquid emerald, and cried:
Treble-tongue and throat of glue!
How to know the one that's due?
And the Serpent replied:
Breast of snow! baleful bliss!
He that wooing wins a kiss.