ERBERG & PARRAIFEL of Kaiin
Books, manuscripts, treatises and sundry documents
293 Heroum, Scholasticarium, Kaiin
The
Poet Mortiquan of Kaiin
exclusively from Erberg &
Parraifel
Ode to the Dead Sun
Only one hundred copies of this edition were produced, meeting the poet's exacting specifications. Printed on the finest regal charta, bound in limp hide of new-born farlocks stained the precise colour of damask rose, this would be a most beautiful addition to the shelves of any book-lover. We also have the merest handful of the celebrated "pink" version remaining in stock; true bibliophiles will undoubtedly take this unprecedented opportunity to acquire one both as an investment and to complete their collection.
The opening stanza is a brief but evocative verse to set the scene and tone of this elegiac ode:
All hail to the king with the bubbling bowels
Who sold his wife for a flight of owls
Who howled his love to a pale green moon
And cursed as it crashed but a day too soon
The
Collected Works of Mortiquan of Kaiin
This multi-volume set contains not only the celebrated 'Ode to the Glass'
Tanvilkat
rich
dark
sweet
mine
but also the memorable 'In Praise of the Prince of Kaiin'
In praise of the Prince of Kaiin
I danced 'til morning
'til the shirt on my back
was tattered and soaked with the sweat that ran
in streams down my person.
All was happiness
and the sun itself had a merrier hue
'twas the day that the people of Kaiin
Acknowledged you
Fine and noble prince
in audience impressive
with immense dignity and conscientious application
you rule your loyal people
This
magnificent set of volumes will undoubtedly be available for a limited period
only as we confidently predict that we will be sold out within the week.*
We also have some copies of Mortiquan on Mortiquan in which the poet discusses at length the inestimable subtlety of his work, comments frequently on the effects of his genius on lesser persons and reveals his very soul to the reader that all may wonder at his inspiration and the length of his prologue.
* We would be pleased to hear from any carter reading this who is willing to quote for hauling two cartloads of books from our shop to the Derna outflow and ensuring that all are washed out to sea.