Its lessening orbs, sometimes as if it failed,
Drooped through the air, and still it shrieked and wailed,
And, casting back its eager head, with beak
And talon unremittingly assailed
The wreathèd serpent, who did ever seek
Upon his enemy’s heart a mortal wound to wreak.—Shelley.
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“Oh, ’tis time I should talk to your mother,