Frank Cadogan Cowper: The Damsel of the Lake, Called Nimue the Enchantress
Hold out in my heart her sweet image
the only instance in her kind
i have lost myself, looking in her eyes
lady scolopendra wastes me away
let her fly where she wants to go
never mind to her flitting flight
never consider her, never implicate her
lady scolopendra forget
lady scolopendra rules over us
with her trifle and whiteness
she blinds and empties us, she fills us of her
she reduce us as crumbs
lady scolopendra is around you
never rule over her or let her crush you
let her live and you can survive, bind to her flight
and you will fling headlong
let her go away, and she'll come back again
press her to you and she'll go away
order songs and poems
for her undefiled pureness
but never think to have rought her
never think to be the winner king
let her fly where she wants to go
never mind to her flitting flight
never consider her, never implicate her
lady scolopendra forget
(Etrusgrave - Lady Scolopendra)
