The Lord said unto Adam, "Didst thou eat?"
And Adam said, "The woman gave it me."
The Lord said unto Eve, "What then is this?"
And Eve accused the serpent's subtle tricks.
The Lord sought nothing more, but spake a curse.
And so the serpent proudly crawls the earth
while, in the house that Adam hewed and raised,
the spider waits in comfort for fresh prey.
And Adam said, "The woman gave it me."
The Lord said unto Eve, "What then is this?"
And Eve accused the serpent's subtle tricks.
The Lord sought nothing more, but spake a curse.
And so the serpent proudly crawls the earth
while, in the house that Adam hewed and raised,
the spider waits in comfort for fresh prey.