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Then, as I watched through the pavilion's opening the brilliant birds and butterflies that crossed and recrossed over the river, I fell asleep, and dreamed that I was a monarch entering his capital underneath arches of flags, and all the musicians of the world were there, playing melodiously their instruments; but no one cheered. THEN AS I WATCHED THROUGH THE PAVILIONS OPENING THE BRILLIANT BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES THAT CROSSED AND RECROSSED OVER THE RIVER I FELL ASLEEP AND DREAMED THAT I WAS A MONARCH ENTERING HIS CAPITAL UNDERNEATH ARCHES OF FLAGS AND ALL THE MUSICIANS OF THE WORLD WERE THERE PLAYING MELODIOUSLY THEIR INSTRUMENTS BUT NO ONE CHEERED
oms of the plant that creeps and clambers about the trees of the forest; and their purple wings flashed out on the great blossoms as, when the caravans go from Nurl to Thace, the gleaming silks flash out upon the snow, where the crafty merchants spread them one by one to astonish the mountaineers of the Hills of Noor. But upon men and beasts the sun sent drowsiness. The river monsters along the river's marge lay dormant in the slime. The sailors pitched a pavilion, with golden tassels, for the captain upon the deck, and then went, all but the helmsman, under a sail that they had hung as an awning between two masts. Then they told tales to one another, each of his own city or of the miracles of his god, until all were fallen asleep. The captain offered me the shade of his pavillion with the gold tassels, and there we talked for a while, he telling me that he was taking merchandise to Perdóndaris, and that he would take back to fair Belzoond things appertaining to the affairs of the sea. WHITE AND WAX LIKE BLOOMS OF THE PLANT THAT CREEPS AND CLAMBERS ABOUT THE TREES OF THE FOREST AND THEIR PURPLE WINGS FLASHED OUT ON THE GREAT BLOSSOMS AS WHEN THE CARAVANS GO FROM NERL TO FACE THE GLEAMING SILKS FLASH OUT UPON THE SNOW WHERE THE CRAFTY MERCHANTS SPREAD THEM ONE BY ONE TO ASTONISH THE MOUNTAINEERS OF THE HILLS OF NUER BUT UPON MEN AND BEASTS THE SUN SENT DROWSINESS THE RIVER MONSTERS ALONG THE RIVER'S MARGE LAY DORMANT IN THE SLIME THE SAILORS PITCHED A PAVILION WITH GOLDEN TASSELS FOR THE CAPTAIN UPON THE DECK AND THEN WENT ALL BUT THE HELMSMAN UNDER A SAIL THAT THEY HAD HUNG AS AN AWNING BETWEEN TWO MASTS THEN THEY TOLD TALES TO ONE ANOTHER EACH OF HIS OWN CITY OR OF THE MIRACLES OF HIS GOD UNTIL ALL WERE FALLEN ASLEEP THE CAPTAIN OFFERED ME THE SHADE OF HIS PAVILION WITH THE GOLD TASSELS AND THERE WE TALKED FOR A WHILE HE TELLING ME THAT HE WAS TAKING MERCHANDISE TO PREDONDERAS AND THAT HE WOULD TAKE BACK TO FAIR BELL ZUM THINGS APPERTAINING TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE SEA
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