THE FOUNTAIN by W. S. Merwin

...One day an animal came to see the king. He had never seen an animal like that one. It was larger than a horse, but was shaped more like a dog. Its eyes were set so deep in its head that he could not see them at all. They seemed to be nothing but holes. The animal was covered with long pale fur, almost white, and had a thick tail, and paws like a cat's. The claws clicked on the darkened stone floor of the throne room. The creature came close to the black candle burning in front of the throne although it was broad day it was broad day outside, and there it greeted him...

from THE FOUNTAIN by W. S. Merwin

This prose piece, a kind of medieval romance, is reprinted from A Miner's Pale Children. This special edition has been printed from Hermann Zapf's Melior type (cast from hot metal at Ace Linotype in Ronkonkoma, New York) onto dampened Somerset Book paper. The book also features hand colored oak leaf ornaments and calligraphy from the hand of Cheryl Jacobsen. The printed wraps are parrot green Khadi Cotton from India. Each copy is numbered and signed by the author.