The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Book of Ambition and Grief I Hi i i. Then, all pufifed up with pride of victory, A throne of darkness huilt on Atlas head. And thence cast spells that blinded men and beasts Oer all of Africa, and isles beyond. In full retreat Days troops disordered fled, Their bloody trails showing along the west What dreadful carnage had their fighting cost. Now, oer the middle seas Nights vanguards marched, From blazing Etna to Mount Ararat; The Urals climbed, the Norseland fiords seized; Then with a charg
The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Book of Ambition and Grief I Hi i i. Then, all pufifed up with pride of victory, A throne of darkness huilt on Atlas head. And thence cast spells that blinded men and beasts Oer all of Africa, and isles beyond. In full retreat Days troops disordered fled, Their bloody trails showing along the west What dreadful carnage had their fighting cost. Now, oer the middle seas Nights vanguards marched, From blazing Etna to Mount Ararat; The Urals climbed, the Norseland fiords seized; Then with a charge, vast and tumultuous, All Europe filled with darkness, glooms and shades, As though life, light and joy were all destroyed. Beyond the Sea of Horrors daylight fled. Unto that Western world which Eric found While wandering far in his Varangian sloop. So black-faced Night, and her Cimmerian hordes, Filled land, and sea, and sky, with blinding fogs. Which unto many sorrows brought, and tears. The island Redenfayn, wrapped in Nights folds Like a weird region looked where ghosts might stray. And specters make their haunts, compassed abo
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