Riding through the air she comes Lured with the smell of infant blood To dance with Lapland witches while The laboring moon eclipses at their charms Fierce as ten furies Terrible as Hell Voluminous and vast A serpent armed with mortal sting Woman to the waist and fair But ended foul in many a scaly fold About her middle round: A hideous peal A cry of Hell-hounds With wide Cerberean mouths full loud Bark and howl within unseen The adversary of God and Man With thoughts inflamed of highest design Puts on wings and towards the gates of Hell Explores a solitary flight