Andromeda, by Perseus sav'd and wed, <br /> Hanker'd each day to see the Gorgon's head: <br /> Till o'er a fount he held it, bade her lean, <br /> And mirror'd in the wave was safely seen <br /> That death she liv'd by. <br /> <br /> Let not thine eyes know <br /> Any forbidden thing itself, although <br /> It once should save as well as kill: but be <br /> Its shadow upon life enough for thee.<br /><br />Dante Gabriel Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aspecta-medusa-for-a-drawing/
