Christopher Smart,
The Snake, the Goose, and Nightingale…
(1754)
“ Art nothing but a feather'd Snake.”1754 Notes First published in The Gentleman's Magazine (Dec. 1754) . Reprinted 1791. Title: The Goose, the Snake, and Nightingale. A Fable, (1754) . ↑ Omitted in The Gentleman's Magazine.↑ 25. Presume, where'er you take your station, (Text 1754) This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”
