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And one of them said to one of these dark citizens: "O twin of Night himself, with thy specks of white at wrist and neck like to Night's scattered stars. How fearfully thou dost veil with black thy hid, unguessed desires. AND ONE OF THEM SAID TO ONE OF THESE DARK CITIZENS O TWIN OF NIGHT HIMSELF WITH THY SPECKS OF WHITE AT WRIST AND NECK LIKE TO NIGHT'S SCATTERED STARS HOW FEARFULLY THOU DOST VEIL WITH BLACK THY HID UNGUESSED DESIRES
long in the dark, and so long still, are dancing now and going back to the sun. Forget not Earth, O our brother, and we wish thee joy of the sun." It had rained, and a cheerless stream dropped down a dirty gutter. It had come from heaps of refuse, foul and forgotten; it had gathered upon its way things that were derelict, and went to somber drains unknown to man or the sun. It was this sullen stream as much as all other causes that had made me say in my heart that the town was vile, that Beauty was dead in it, and Romance fled. Even this thing they blessed. And one that wore a purple cloak with broad green border, said, "Brother, be hopeful yet, for thou shalt surely come at last to the delectable Sea, and meet the heaving, huge, and travelled ships, and rejoice by isles that know the golden sun." Even thus they blessed the gutter, and I felt no whim to mock. And the people that went by, in their black unseemly coats and their misshapen, monstrous, shiny hats, the beggars also blessed. OLD COAL FORESTS THAT HAVE LAIN SO LONG IN THE DARK AND SO LONG STILL ARE DANCING NOW AND GOING BACK TO THE SUN FORGET NOT EARTH O OUR BROTHER AND WE WISH THEE JOY OF THE SUN IT HAD RAINED AND A CHEERLESS STREAM DROPPED DOWN A DIRTY GUTTER IT HAD COME FROM HEAPS OF REFUSE FOUL AND FORGOTTEN IT HAD GATHERED UPON ITS WAY THINGS THAT WERE DERELICT AND WENT TO SOMBRE DRAINS UNKNOWN TO MAN OR THE SUN IT WAS THIS SULLEN STREAM AS MUCH AS ALL OTHER CAUSES THAT HAD MADE ME SAY IN MY HEART THAT THE TOWN WAS VILE THAT BEAUTY WAS DEAD IN IT AND ROMANCE FLED EVEN THIS THING THEY BLESSED AND ONE THAT WORE A PURPLE CLOAK WITH BROAD GREEN BORDER SAID BROTHER BE HOPEFUL YET FOR THOU SHALT SURELY COME AT LAST TO THE DELECTABLE SEA AND MEET THE HEAVING HUGE AND TRAVELLED SHIPS AND REJOICE BY ISLES THAT KNOW THE GOLDEN SUN EVEN THUS THEY BLESSED THE GUTTER AND I FELT NO WHIM TO MOCK AND THE PEOPLE THAT WENT BY IN THEIR BLACK UNSEEMLY COATS AND THEIR MISSHAPEN MONSTROUS SHINING HATS THE BEGGARS ALSO BLEST
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