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The Good Wife's Cow Gives Milk Again

The Good Wife's Cow Gives Milk Again

From D10.12, Bahram’s Dragon-Slaying and Visit to a Yokel. It illustrates D10.12.83–91:

  • D10.12.83
    On hearing this, the Shah repented then,And prayed to God, the righteous Judge of men:
  • D10.12.84
    “O You supreme, Almighty over fate,Whose judgment opens Fortune’s every gate,
  • D10.12.85
    If ever my heart turns away from right,Let kingly throne no longer bless my sight.”
  • D10.12.86
    That blessed dame, whose faith was firm and good,Once more tried milking her cow as she should.
  • D10.12.87
    In God’s own name she touched the teat, and prayed:“Let flow the milk that in the udder stayed.”
  • D10.12.88
    The milk flowed forth; the good wife cried in joy,“O God, whose works no mortal can destroy,
  • D10.12.89
    You have recalled the monarch from his wrong,And made his love of justice firm and strong.”
  • D10.12.90
    She turned then to her husband where he stood:“The king’s lost justice has come back for good.
  • D10.12.91
    Rejoice and laugh; this is the Maker’s boonTo us beneath the sun and fading moon.”

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