The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . aused to rest; after which he again proceeded the remainder of theday and the second night until the morning, when there appearedbefore him, in the distance, something black, at the sight of which herejoiced, and said, Perhaps I shall there find some person who willinform me of the history of the lake and its fish. And when heapproached this black object, he found it to be a palace built of blackstones, and overlaid with iron ; and one of the leaves of its doors wasopen, and the other shut
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . aused to rest; after which he again proceeded the remainder of theday and the second night until the morning, when there appearedbefore him, in the distance, something black, at the sight of which herejoiced, and said, Perhaps I shall there find some person who willinform me of the history of the lake and its fish. And when heapproached this black object, he found it to be a palace built of blackstones, and overlaid with iron ; and one of the leaves of its doors wasopen, and the other shut. The King was glad, and he stood at thedoor, and knocked gently, but heard no answer; he knocked a secondand a third time, but again heard no answer : then he knocked a fourthtime, and with violence; but no one answered. So he said, It isdoubtless empty:—and he took courage, and entered from the doorinto the passage, and cried out, saying, 0 inhabitants of the palace,I am a stranger and a traveller! have ye any provision ? And herepeated these words a second and a third time ; but heard no THE STORY OF THE FISHERMAN. 93 And upon this he fortified his heart, and emboldened himself, andproceeded from the passage into the midst of the palace ; but he foundno one there, and only saw that it was furnished, and that there was,in the centre of it, a fountain with four lions of red gold, which pouredforth the water from their mouths, like pearls and jewels : aroundthis were birds; and over the top of the palace was extended a netwhich prevented their flying out. At the sight of these objects he wasastonished, and he was grieved that he saw no person there whom hecould ask for information respecting the lake, and the fish, and themountains, and the palace. He then sat down between the doors,39reflecting upon these things ; and as he thus sat, he heard a voice oflamentation from a sorrowful heart, chanting these verses:— O fortune, thou pitiest me not, nor releasest me! See
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