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Down this river and across this sea thou shalt fare in a ship of sighs and all around thee over the sea shall fly the prayers of men which rise on white wings higher than their sorrows. DOWN RIVER AND ACROSS THIS SEA THOU SHALT FARE IN A SHIP OF SIZE AND ALL AROUND THEE OVER THE SEA SHALL FLY THE PRAYERS OF MEN WHICH RISE ON WHITE WINGS HIGHER THAN THEIR SORROWS
ealt harshly with it and overturned its pillars and set upon its ruins his sign and seal: now Ulf dwells there alone. And Ulf said, “There sets, O King, a river outward from earth which meets with a mighty sea whose waters roll through space and fling their billows on the shores of every star. These are the river and the sea of the Tears of Men.” And the King said: “Men have not written of this sea.” And the prophet answered: “Have not tears enough burst in the night time out of sleeping cities? Have not the sorrows of 10,000 homes sent streams into this river when twilight fell and it was still and there was none to hear? Have there not been hopes, and were they all fulfilled? Have there not been conquests and bitter defeats? And have not flowers when spring was over died in the gardens of many children? Tears enough, O King, tears enough have gone down out of earth to make such a sea; and deep it is and wide and the gods know it and it flings its spray on the shores of all the stars. PLES OF THE GODS HATH DEALT HARSHLY WITH IT AND OVERTURNED ITS PILLARS AND SET UPON ITS RUINS HIS SIGN AND SEAL NOW ULF DWELLS THERE ALONE AND ULF SAID THERE SETS O KING A RIVER OUTWARD FROM EARTH WHICH MEETS WITH A MIGHTY SEA WHOSE WATERS ROLL THROUGH SPACE AND FLING THEIR BILLOWS ON THE SHORES OF EVERY STAR THESE ARE THE RIVER AND THE SEA OF THE TEARS OF MEN AND THE KING SAID MEN HAVE NOT WRITTEN OF THIS SEA AND THE PROPHET ANSWERED HAVE NOT TEARS ENOUGH BURST IN THE NIGHTTIME OUT OF SLEEPING CITIES HAVE NOT THE SORROWS OF TEN THOUSAND HOMES SENT STREAMS INTO THIS RIVER WHEN TWILIGHT FELL AND IT WAS STILL AND THERE WAS NONE TO HE HAVE THERE NOT BEEN HOPES AND WERE THEY ALL FULFILLED HAD THERE NOT BEEN CONQUESTS AND BITTER DEFEATS AND HAVE NOT FLOWERS WHEN SPRING WAS OVER DIED IN THE GARDENS OF MANY CHILDREN TEARS ENOUGH O KING TEARS ENOUGH HAVE GONE DOWN OUT OF EARTH TO MAKE SUCH A SEA AND DEEP IT IS AND WIDE AND THE GODS KNOW IT AND IT FLINGS ITS SPRAY ON THE SHORES OF ALL THE STARS
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