Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959, Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953, ill · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 156
and sky, till presently, drawing together, it tookform; and there in its midst stood a mightyGenie, whose brows touched heaven while hisfeet rested upon ground. His head was like adome, his hands were like flails, and his legslike pine trees ; his mouth was black as a cavern,his nostrils were like… … AND THE GENIE him, cried with a loud voice, 0, Solomon,Prophet of God, slay me not, for never againwill I withstand thee in word or deed. •• Alas! said the fisherman, I am noprophet; and as for Solomon, he has been deadfor nearly two thousand years. I am but a poorfisherman whom chance has knocked…
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