poison-flood

Updated: May 7, 2025

But sword and javelin, sharp and keen, Wound deep each sinewy jaw; Midway, remains the huge machine, And chokes the monster's maw. In agony he breathes, a dire Convulsion fires his blood, And struggling, ready to expire, Ejects a poison-flood!

Various - The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1