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The Iron Rider in the Lodestone Dome
Book E6 · Khosrow Parviz

The Iron Rider in the Lodestone Dome

From E6.19, The Mystery of Caesar’s Talisman. It illustrates E6.19.63–70:

  • E6.19.63
    Said Caesar, “Live forever. You are fitTo serve as minister where monarchs sit.
  • E6.19.64
    I have a wondrous chamber in my hall;No mind can grasp the marvels of it all.
  • E6.19.65
    When you behold it, you cannot decideIf craft or heavenly power stands inside.”
  • E6.19.66
    Kharrad beheld a rider in the air,Suspended on his horse, a wonder rare.
  • E6.19.67
    He came to Caesar: “Such a wondrous stoneDeserves a place upon a royal throne.”
  • E6.19.68
    Then Caesar asked, “Who made this talisman,And raised this lifeless semblance of a man?”
  • E6.19.69
    He said, “The horseman is of iron made;The dome of lodestone holds him there displayed.”
  • E6.19.70
    The lodestone draws the iron, and suspendsThe horse and rider where the dome ascends.

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Caesar (of Khosrow Parviz’s time)Kharrad Barzin
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