Drowned idols swirl like seeds in chaos' wine. Look, Job! Caught Beauty, held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing - the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes. (Philip José Farmer)

Drowned idols swirl like seeds in chaos' wine. Look, Job! Caught Beauty, held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing - the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes.

Philip José Farmer

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