<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451929" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Hundred Spells</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Turandot, Puccini’s opera, told by stylised illustrations in a book <br>the heart of an Ice Princess frozen by the Moon Goddess, three <br>riddles posed to every Prince who wished to be her suitor on pain <br>of death if he could not get the answers right, beheaded by <br>imperial gesture of the shimmering beauty </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Another Prince intrigued by the Princess, the first riddle: Every <br>night it soars anew, every day it dies - Hope, he replied; Illusion<br>said the Princess cold - the second riddle: Dream and the flame <br>flares anew - It is my blood that burns within with love for you, <br>answered the Prince - the third riddle: What is ice </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that gives you fire - You cast a hundred spells - he sighed, The <br>answer is Turandot; he won the challenge, but would not marry <br>her against her will, set her one riddle - Say my name, made <br>her a gift of it to doom them both if she named him, then she <br>declared LOVE to be the stranger’s name </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Chose to marry the strange Prince who by being brave and <br>generous won her respect; she despised all others but <br>feared him, cried her first tears - Conquer you or be <br>conquered – an enchanting Persian tale from A <br>Thousand and One Nights</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Margaret+Alice+Second">Margaret Alice Second</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451929" data-title="A Hundred Spells de Margaret Alice Second" data-description="Turandot, Puccini’s opera, told by stylised illustrations in a book the heart of an Ice Princess frozen by the Moon Goddess, three riddles posed to every Prince who wished to be her suitor on pain of death if he could not get the answers righ..."></div> </div> </div>

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