CULTURAL EXPLORATION
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Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Woken from a dream of the beloved by her actual arrival, the speaker says she continued rather than broke the dream, takes her at first for an angel, and then doubts her as she rises to leave.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Two lovers sit motionless on a violet-topped bank with hands cemented and eye-beams threaded together while their souls go out to negotiate between them, and the text stops with the pair lying silent like tomb statues all day.
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.