Fast from that house, the bane of man.
Yet therewithal he spake her soft
And kissed her over oft and oft,
Until from kissed and trembling mouth
She cried: "The Dragon of the South!"
He set her down and turned about,
And drew the eager edges out.
And therewith scaly coil on coil
Reared 'gainst his face the mouth aboil:
The gaping jaw and teeth of dread