Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage. - Philip José Farmer

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Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age
Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage.

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About Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories, especially those of his Riverworld series.

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Alternative Names: Philip Jose Farmer Philip J. Farmer
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Beauty in this Iron Age must turn
From fluid living rainbow shapes to torn
And sootened fragments, ashes in an urn
On whose gray surface runes are traced by a Norn
Who hopes to wake the Future to arise
In Phoenix-fashion, and to shine with rays
To blast the sight of modern men whose dyes
Of selfishness and lust have stained our days...

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