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The Skiff Crosses Before Dawn
Book D10 · The Bahram Goor Cycle: Justice, Foreign Adventures, and End of a Reign

The Skiff Crosses Before Dawn

From D10.34, Bahram’s Flight from Hind to Iran. It illustrates D10.34.52–54:

  • D10.34.52
    He reached the riverbank without delay,Where moored beside the reeds a ferry lay.
  • D10.34.53
    He loosed the skiff upon the rolling tide,And placed fair Sapinud secure inside.
  • D10.34.54
    They crossed the stream before the night was done;At dawn they reached the bank beneath the sun.

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Bahram GoorSapinud
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