The Snake Trying by W.W.E. Ross | English 9 | CBSE

The snake trying

to escape the pursuing stick,

with sudden curvings of thin long body. How beautiful

and graceful are his shapes!

He glides through the water away

from the stroke. O let him go

over the water

into the reeds to hide

without hurt. Small and green

he is harmless even to children.

Along the sand

he lay until observed

and chased away, and

now he vanishes in the ripples

among the green slim reeds.

W.W.E. ROSS