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Lilith Libifera

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Exhumed from out the inner cirque of Hell         By kind permission of the Evil One,         Behold her devilish presentment, done     By Master Aubrey's weird unearthly spell!     This is that Lady known as Jezebel,         Or Lilith, Eden's woman-scorpion,         Libifera, that is, that takes the bun,     Borgia, Vivien, Cussed Damosel.     Hers are the bulging lips that fairly break         The pumpkin's heart; and hers the eyes that shame             The wanton ape that culls the cocoa-nuts.     Even such the yellow-bellied toads that slake         Nocturnally their amorous-ardent flame             In the wan waste of weary water-butts.

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