“Sredni Vashtar went forth,
His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white.
His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.
Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful.”

—  Saki , The Chronicles of Clovis

"Sredni Vashtar"
The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)

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