Giacomo Leopardi: NATURE: So flees the squirrel from the rattlesnake, and runs in its haste deliberately into the mouth of its tormentor.

NATURE: So flees the squirrel from the rattlesnake, and runs in its haste delibe — Giacomo Leopardi

NATURE: So flees the squirrel from the rattlesnake, and runs in its haste deliberately into the mouth of its tormentor. I am that from which thou fleest.

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