Williams beheld—struck—cleft the head away:
In many a loosening coil the body rolled,
Collapsed, grew still, and there extended lay,
A headless reptile;—all its hues of gold
And diamond deadened in its life’s decay;
Whilst the foiled wizard looked upon the slain,
And choked and yelled, then choked with rage again.
XLVII.
The crowds looked on ’twixt terror and surprise;
They gazed—they gaped with fixed astonishment;