The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . passed through the cave a monstrous shape: Crooked and huge, many its limbs, misjoined And disproportionate, astoundingly; And oer them hung, in many dangling folds, A swarthy hide: no flesh seemed on its bones,— But one prodigious skin-clad skeleton. A hueless glimmer compassed it around. Its huge ribs rattled and its hip-bones creaked. No head appeared; but in the ebon mass A monstrous opening like a ravening mouth, And saffron lights, like angry tigers eyes In jungle dark; and once shook in th
The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . passed through the cave a monstrous shape: Crooked and huge, many its limbs, misjoined And disproportionate, astoundingly; And oer them hung, in many dangling folds, A swarthy hide: no flesh seemed on its bones,— But one prodigious skin-clad skeleton. A hueless glimmer compassed it around. Its huge ribs rattled and its hip-bones creaked. No head appeared; but in the ebon mass A monstrous opening like a ravening mouth, And saffron lights, like angry tigers eyes In jungle dark; and once shook in the gloom Two tortuous things, like horns, or tails, or tongues. With long-drawn growl the monster passed from sight. Or else was by the darkness swallowed up. A flickering glare the skulls now all put forth,The toads turned round, and each gave forth a fear the Scribe looked round: gone was his ghastly jaws each fleshless skull oped wide,And all the toads loud croaked, Beware! Beware!He would have fled, but where to go knew not,Een had his knees the strength to bear him
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