Identifier: prinadventuresof00langrich (find matches)
Title: The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
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Publisher: New York : A. L. Burt
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e—book iv., chapter vi., aboutthe middle* of page 576. The magic spell was in Latin, of course; butthe princess knew Latin very well, and soonshe had the magic song by heart. Then sheclosed the book and put it back on the shelf.Then she threw^ open the window and drew backthe curtains, and put out all the lights excepttwo scented candles that burned with a whitetire under a round mirror with a silver frame,opposite the window. And into that mirror themoon shone wliite and full, filling all the S()aceof it, so that the room was steeped in a strangesilver lig^ht. Now the whole room seemedto sway gently, waving and treml)ling; and asit trembled it sounded and rang with a lowsilver music, as if it were filled with the wavesof the sea. Then the princess took a great silver basin,covered ^s^ith stranu^e black sii^ns and fifruresraised in the silver. She j)oured water into thebasin, and as she poured it she sang the magicspell from the Latin book. It was somethinglike this, in English :
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The Princess diunks the Moon.—Page 139. PRINCE RICARDO. 139 * Oh Lady Moon, on the waters riding,On shining waters, in silver sheen.Show me the secret the heart is hiding,Show me the truth of the thought, oh Queen! Oh waters white, where the moon is riding, That knows what shall be and what has been.Tell me the secret the heart is hiding, Wash me the truth of it, clear and clean! As she sang the water in the silver basin foamedand bubbled, and then fell still again ; and theprincess knelt in the middle of the room, andthe moon and the white light from the mirrorof the moon fell in the water. Then the princess raised the basin, and stoopedher mouth to it and drank the water, spilling afew drops—and so she drank the moon and theknowledge of the moon. Then the moon wasdarkened without a cloud, and there was dark-ness in the sky for a time, and all the dogsin the world began to howl. When ine moonshone again, the princess rose and put out thetwo white lights, and drew the curtains; an

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