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Now thy daughter, Arizim, is lovelier than the sunlight, and lovelier than those stately flowers of thine that stand so tall in her garden, and hath more grace and beauty than those strange birds that the venturous fowlers bring in creaking wagons out of Asagéhon, whose feathers are alternate purple and white. NOW THY DAUGHTER I REASON IS LOVELIER THAN THE SUNLIGHT AND LOVELIER THAN THOSE STATELY FLOWERS OF THINE THAT STAND SO TALL IN HER GARDEN AND HATH MORE GRACE AND BEAUTY THAN THOSE STRANGE BIRDS THAT THE VENTUROUS FOWLERS BRING IN CREAKING WAGONS OUT OF A SEGAON WHOSE FEATHERS ARE ALTERNATE PURPLE AND WHITE
lowers, or than all the fountains in her father's court, or than the blue heaven-birds in their full winter plumage when they shelter from the snow. The old wise kings of Mondath and of Toldees saw her once as she went lightly down the little paths of her garden, and turning their gaze into the mists of thought, pondered the destiny of their Inner Lands. And they watched her closely by the stately flowers, and standing alone in the sunlight, and passing and repassing the strutting purple birds that the king's fowlers had brought from Asagéhon. When she was of the age of fifteen years the King of Mondath called a council of kings. And there met with him the kings of Toldees and Arizim. And the King of Mondath in his Council said: "The call of the unappeased and hungry Sea (and at the word 'Sea' the three kings bowed their heads) lures every year out of our happy kingdoms more and more of our men, and still we know not the mystery of the Sea, and no devised oath has brought one man back.  THAN THE WILD WOOD FLOWERS OR THAN ALL THE FOUNTAINS IN HER FATHER'S COURT OR THAN THE BLUE HEAVEN BIRDS IN THEIR FULL WINTER PLUMAGE WHEN THEY SHELTER FROM THE SNOW THE OLD WISE KINGS OF MONDATHEN OF TOLDIES SAW HER ONCE AS SHE WENT LIGHTLY DOWN THE LITTLE PATHS OF HER GARDEN AND TURNING THEIR GAZE INTO THE MISTS OF THOUGHT PONDERED THE DESTINY OF THEIR INNER LANDS AND THEY WATCHED HER CLOSELY BY THE STATELY FLOWERS AND STANDING ALONE IN THE SUNLIGHT AND PASSING AND REPASSING THE STRUTTING PURPLE BIRDS THAT THE KING'S FOWLERS HAD BROUGHT FROM ASSEGAON WHEN SHE WAS OF THE AGE OF FIFTEEN YEARS THE KING OF MANDATH CALLED A COUNCIL OF KINGS AND THERE MET WITH HIM THE KINGS OF TOLDIES AND ARISUM AND THE KING OF MANDOTH AND HIS COUNCIL SAID THE CALL OF THE UNAPPEASED AND HUNGRY SEA AND AT THE WORD SEA THE THREE KINGS BOWED THEIR HEADS LURES EVERY YEAR OUT OF OUR HAPPY KINGDOMS MORE AND MORE OF OUR MEN AND STILL WE KNOW NOT THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA AND NO DEVISED OATH HAS BROUGHT ONE MAN BACK
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