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No hand hath touched it, none hath journeyed to it, it hath no substance, it is only a light, it is the star of Hope, and it shines far over the sea and brightens the world. It is nought but a light, but the gods gave it. NO HAND HATH TOUCHED IT NONE HATH JOURNEYED TO IT IT HATH NO SUBSTANCE IT IS ONLY A LIGHT IT IS THE STAR OF HOPE AND IT SHINES FAR OVER THE SEA AND BRIGHTENS THE WORLD IT IS NOUGHT BUT A LIGHT BUT THE GODS GAVE IT
he 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. 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. Sometimes perched in the rigging, sometimes crying around thee, shall go the prayers that availed not to stay thee in Zarkandhu. Far over the waters, and on the wings of the prayers beats the light of an inaccessible star. 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 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 SOMETIMES PERCHED IN THE RIGGING SOMETIMES CRYING AROUND THEE SHALL GO THE PRAYERS THAT AVAIL NOT TO STAY THEE IN ZARKANDU FAR OVER THE WATERS AND ON THE WINGS OF THE PRAYERS BEATS THE LIGHT OF AN INACCESSIBLE STAR
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