The slow-worm crawl'd, the light chameleon climb'd And changed his colour as his place he changed; The nimble lizard ran from bough to bough, Glancing through light, in shadow disappearing; The scorpion, many-eyed, with sting of fire, Bred there, the legion-fiend of creeping things.


The Poetical Works of James Montgomery, With Notes, etc., Pelican Island (p. 199)

James Montgomery Quotes

The slow-worm crawl'd, the light chameleon climb'd And changed his colour as his place he changed; The nimble lizard ran from bough to bough,...

The slow-worm crawl'd, the light chameleon climb'd And changed his colour as his place he changed; The nimble lizard ran from bough to bough,...

The slow-worm crawl'd, the light chameleon climb'd And changed his colour as his place he changed; The nimble lizard ran from bough to bough,...

The slow-worm crawl'd, the light chameleon climb'd And changed his colour as his place he changed; The nimble lizard ran from bough to bough,...