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    A young couple sees a snake emerge from a flower bed while relaxing in a garden arbor. The woman sees it as an ominous sign, but when the man moves to kill the snake, she stops him, saying it is only when the snake reveals itself that its threat is clear, and one would have to be naive to let it inflict harm. She implies that in relationships, hidden dangers are less concerning than overt ones, and it is wisest to be wary only of openly demonstrated risks.

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    A young couple sees a snake emerge from a flower bed while relaxing in a garden arbor. The woman sees it as an ominous sign, but when the man moves to kill the snake, she stops him, saying it is only when the snake reveals itself that its threat is clear, and one would have to be naive to let it inflict harm. She implies that in relationships, hidden dangers are less concerning than overt ones, and it is wisest to be wary only of openly demonstrated risks.

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    The Snake by Thomas Moore

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    A young couple sees a snake emerge from a flower bed while relaxing in a garden arbor. The woman sees it as an ominous sign, but when the man moves to kill the snake, she stops him, saying it is only when the snake reveals itself that its threat is clear, and one would have to be naive to let it inflict harm. She implies that in relationships, hidden dangers are less concerning than overt ones, and it is wisest to be wary only of openly demonstrated risks.

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    The Snake.

    By Thomas Moore

    My love and I, the other day,


    Within a myrtle arbor lay,
    When near us, from a rosy bed,
    A little Snake put forth its head.
    "See," said the maid with thoughtful eyes-"Yonder the fatal emblem lies!
    "Who could expect such hidden harm
    "Beneath the rose's smiling charm?"
    Never did grave remark occur
    Less -propos than this from her.
    I rose to kill the snake, but she,
    Half-smiling, prayed it might not be.
    "No," said the maiden--and, alas,
    Her eyes spoke volumes, while she said it-"Long as the snake is in the grass,
    "One may, perhaps, have cause to dread it:
    "But, when its wicked eyes appear,
    "And when we know for what they wink so,
    "One must be very simple, dear,
    "To let it wound one--don't you think so?"

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