"Our spirits leaped, hosannas of destruction, Like desert lilies forked with tongues of fire."

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Anti-apartheid activistsPeople from DurbanPoets from South AfricaTranslators from South AfricaSatirists from South Africa
Original Language: English

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"To a Pet Cobra", lines 23-24

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roy_Campbell_(poet)

"To a Pet Cobra", lines 23-24