NURSE. B-PER
My B-PER
soul O
quivers O
with O
fear; O
great O
disaster O
looms. O
671How O
her B-PER
pain O
augments O
beyond O
measure O
672Fires O
itself O
and O
rebuilds O
its O
former O
force. O
673I've O
often O
seen O
her O
raging B-PER
assault O
the O
gods O
674And B-PER
claw O
down O
heaven. O
Medea O
plans O
greater O
675 O
Greater O
monstrosity O
than O
that. O
When O
she O
left O
676In B-PER
frenzy O
and O
reached O
her O
sanctum O
of O
death B-LOC
677She I-LOC
unleashed I-LOC
all O
her O
treasure O
and O
takes O
out O
678What O
even O
she's O
long O
feared B-PER
and O
marshals O
679A O
whole O
host O
of O
ills O
occult O
secret O
hidden. O
680 O
Invoking O
the O
grim O
shrine O
with O
her B-LOC
left I-LOC
hand O
681She B-PER
summons O
death O
plagues O
created O
by O
sands O
682Of O
burning O
Libya O
or O
locked O
by B-LOC
Taurus I-LOC
683In O
perpetual O
snow O
stiff O
with O
Arctic O
chill— O
684And O
all O
that O
is O
monstrous. O
Her O
magic O
spells O
685 B-PER
Draw O
scaled O
creatures O
from B-PER
their I-PER
deserted I-PER
lairs. O
686Here O
a O
savage O
serpent O
hauls O
its O
huge B-PER
body I-PER
687Flicks O
its O
three O
forked O
tongue O
and O
seeks O
a O
fatal O
688Target. O
It O
hears O
her O
chanting O
and O
freezes O
689Twines O
its O
swelling O
body O
in O
fold O
on O
fold O
690 O
And O
coils O
it.
'The O
evil's O
paltry O
' O
she O
cries O
691
'The O
weapons O
weak O
created O
in O
earth's O
pit. O
692I'll O
seek O
venom O
from O
heaven. O
Now O
now's O
the O
time O
693For O
actions O
loftier O
than O
common O
crime.
694Let O
the O
Snake O
descend O
which O
lies O
like O
a B-PER
vast O
Torrent O
and O
whose O
measureless O
coils O
touch O
696The B-PER
two O
Beasts O
the O
Greater O
and O
the O
Lesser O
697Lodestars O
to O
Pelasgians O
and O
Sidon. O
698Let O
Ophiuchus O
relax B-LOC
his B-PER
grip I-PER
at O
last O
699And B-PER
the O
serpent O
venom O
flow. O
Let O
my O
songs O
700 O
Bring O
Python O
who O
dared B-PER
harass O
the O
twin O
gods; B-PER
701Let O
Hydra O
return O
and O
all O
the O
death O
renewing O
702Severed O
snakes O
sliced O
off O
by O
Hercules' O
hand. O
703You B-PER
too O
our O
vigilant O
serpent B-PER
first O
lulled
704To O
sleep O
by O
my B-PER
chants I-PER
leave O
Colchis O
and O
come.' O
705 O
After O
invoking O
the B-LOC
whole I-LOC
serpent O
brood O
706She O
makes O
an O
evil O
pile O
of B-PER
poisonous I-PER
plants O
707All O
that O
grows O
on O
the O
crags O
of O
pathless O
Eryx O
708That O
Prometheus' O
blood O
spattered O
Caucasus B-LOC
709 O
Bears O
on B-PER
ridges I-PER
shrouded O
in O
endless O
winter B-LOC
That O
rich O
Arab O
and O
the O
fighting O
quivered O
Mede O
710 O
And O
swift O
Parthians O
smear O
on O
their O
arrows O

712 O
Or O
juices O
picked B-LOC
beneath I-LOC
a O
freezing O
sky O
713By O
Suebian O
ladies O
in O
Hercynian O
groves. O
714Whatever O
earth B-LOC
creates O
in O
nesting B-LOC
spring I-LOC
715 O
Or O
when O
stiff O
winter O
has O
scattered O
the O
forests' O
716Beauty O
and O
bound O
the O
world O
with O
icy O
snow O
717Whatever O
herb O
blooms O
with O
fatal O
flowers
718Or O
dreadful O
sap O
in O
twisted O
roots O
begets
719The O
means O
to O
harm—she O
takes O
them O
in O
her O
hands. O
720 O
Some O
death O
plants O
came O
from O
Haemonian O
Athos O
721Some O
from O
great O
Pindus. O
One O
lost O
its O
soft O
hair B-LOC
722To O
a O
bloody O
sickle O
on B-LOC
Pangaeum's I-LOC
ridge. O
723Some O
grew O
in O
low O
waters O
of O
the O
Tigris O
724Some B-LOC
by I-LOC
the O
Danube O
or O
jewelled O
Hydaspes O
725 O
Whose B-LOC
tepid O
waters O
course O
through B-LOC
arid O
fields O
726Or B-LOC
by O
the O
Baetis O
which O
named O
its O
own O
land O
727And O
languidly O
lashes O
Hesperia's O
sea. O
728Some O
felt O
an O
iron O
blade O
as O
Phoebus O
prepared O
729The B-LOC
day I-LOC
or O
their O
stalks O
were O
cut O
in O
deep O
night; B-PER
730 O
Some O
stems O
were O
clipped O
by O
enchanted O
nails.
731 O
She O
selects O
the O
death O
herbs O
and O
squeezes O
out O
732The O
snake O
venom O
and O
adds O
ill O
omened O
birds O
733And O
sad O
owl's O
heart O
and O
live O
screech O
owl's O
severed O
734Innards. O
There O
are O
things O
this O
artist O
of O
crime O
735 O
Keeps O
separate O
some O
have O
fire's O
rapacious O
force O
736Others O
the O
chilling O
ice O
of O
numbing O
cold. O
737And O
she O
adds O
to O
the O
poisons O
words O
equal O
738 O
To O
their O
terror. O