large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_11_dunsany_64kb_8
large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_11_dunsany_64kb
English
803
He whom prophecy had named from of old to come to the City of Never, went down one midnight with his magic halter to a lake side where the hippogriffs alighted at dawn, for the turf was soft there and they could gallop far before they came to a town, and there he waited hidden near their hoofmarks. HE WHOM PROPHECY HAD NAMED FROM OF OLD TO COME TO THE CITY OF NEVER WENT DOWN ONE MIDNIGHT WITH HIS MAGIC HALTER TO A LAKE SIDE WHERE THE HIPPOGRIFFS ALIGHTED AT DAWN FOR THE TURF WAS SOFT THERE AND THEY COULD GALLOP FAR BEFORE THEY CAME TO A TOWN AND THERE HE WAITED HIDDEN NEAR THEIR HOOFMARKS
 and afar, look long at her sister the World. It had been prophecied that he should come there. They knew it when the pebbles were being made and before the isles of coral were given unto the sea. And thus the prophecy came unto fulfilment and passed into history, and so at length to Oblivion, out of which I drag it as it goes floating by, into which I shall one day tumble. The hippogriffs dance before dawn in the upper air; long before sunrise flashes upon our lawns they go to glitter in light that has not yet come to the World, and as the dawn works up from the ragged hills and the stars feel it they go slanting earthwards, till sunlight touches the tops of the tallest trees, and the hippogriffs alight with a rattle of quills and fold their wings and gallop and gambol away till they come to some prosperous, wealthy, detestable town, and they leap at once from the fields and soar away from the sight of it, pursued by the horrible smoke of it until they come again to the pure blue air.  NEVER UNVISITED AND AFAR LOOK LONG AT HER SISTER THE WORLD IT HAD BEEN PROPHESIED THAT HE SHOULD COME THERE THEY KNEW IT WHEN THE PEBBLES WERE BEING MADE AND BEFORE THE ISLES OF CORAL WERE GIVEN UNTO THE SEA AND THUS THE PROPHECY CAME UNTO FULFILMENT AND PASSED INTO HISTORY AND SO AT LENGTH TO OBLIVION OUT OF WHICH I DRAG IT AS IT GOES FLOATING BY INTO WHICH I SHALL ONE DAY TUMBLE THE HIPPOGRIFFS DANCED BEFORE DAWN IN THE UPPER AIR LONG BEFORE SUNRISE FLASHES UPON OUR LAWNS THEY GO TO GLITTER IN LIGHT THAT HAS NOT YET COME TO THE WORLD AND AS THE DAWN WORKS UP FROM THE RAGGED HILLS AND THE STARS FEEL IT THEY GO SLANTING EARTHWARDS TILL SUNLIGHT TOUCHES THE TOPS OF THE TALLEST TREES AND THE HIPPOGRIFFS ALIGHT WITH A RATTLE OF QUILLS AND FOLD THEIR WINGS AND GALLOP AND GAMBOL AWAY TILL THEY COME TO SOME PROSPEROUS WEALTHY DETESTABLE TOWN AND THEY LEAP AT ONCE FROM THE FIELDS AND SOAR AWAY FROM THE SIGHT OF IT PURSUED BY THE HORRIBLE SMOKE OF IT UNTIL THEY COME AGAIN TO THE PURE BLUE AIR
large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_11_dunsany_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_11_dunsany_64kb.flac