Unicorn and the Viper
With horn and hooves
he hammered his enemy;
With brow and boot-land
he beat him down.
The long legs smote
like lightning-bolts;
The hard hooves fell
like heaven’s spears.
The serpent rose
like a sea in spate;
The forest master plunged
like a fire of Heaven.
The coiling one belched out
colored fogs;
The seeker exhaled
a silver mist.
The hisses of one
made the Heavens shake;
The neighs of the other
made the netherworlds tremble.