"Smith, Clark Ashton - The Corpse and The Skeleton" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith Clark Ashton)

eye-sockets for the sparkling of lust.

The Corpse: Find we then, no recompense, no meed of wisdom holden unto Death,
nor the secrets buried from the sun, in the deep night of charnals?

The Skeleton: We have wisdom, if you like-a dull and dusty wisdom, and I would
give it all for a good draught of Chian wine. Perchance 'tis something to know
that bodies are made of dust and water, the last of which is evaporable, and the
former capable of dissolvement. For this is all our knowledge, in spite of much
that is known and spoken of hierophant and philosopher. However, unlike the lore
and wisdom of these, it can be contained without discommodation by one skull.