<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399722" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The snake</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord, when the leviathan rose<br>out of the dark depths<br>of the raging sea</div><div style="margin:10px 0">uncoiling itself <br>twisting to strike at Thee, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy mighty great sword<br>stroke the serpent dragon<br>piercing and slaying it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and to this day I wonder<br>what this creature could be, <br>as no such creature have being seen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While some speculate on crocodile<br>as being too powerful to be caught<br>like a fish, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">or killed by man with a spear, sword or harpoon<br>having a neck, strong frame, nostrils<br>and scales</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it doesn’t truly fit the picture<br>as it doesn’t live in the ocean<br>or dwell in the sea</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and Canaanite mythology<br>tells of a seven headed primeval monster<br>untwisting itself to fight Thee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> l’Envoi<br>Yet still more the snake from the tree<br>took a bite at Thee</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and Thy sacrifice<br>set all men free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>[References: Isaiah 27: 1, Ps 74: 14, Job 41: 1-33, A cylinder seal from Tell Asmar, &#61472; Genisis&#61472; 3: 15,2 Esdras 6: 49-52. ]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399722" data-title="The snake de Gert Strydom" data-description="Lord, when the leviathan rose out of the dark depths of the raging sea uncoiling itself twisting to strike at Thee, Thy mighty great sword stroke the serpent dragon piercing and slaying it and to this day I wonder what this creature could be,..."></div> </div> </div>

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