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And then there spoke the piece of an old cord. "I was made in a place of doom, and doomed men made my fibres, working without hope. Therefore there came a grimness into my heart, so that I never let anything go free when once I was set to bind it. AND THEN THERE SPOKE THE PEACE OF AN OLD CORD I WAS MADE IN A PLACE OF DOOM AND DOOMED MEN MADE MY FIBRES WORKING WITHOUT HOPE THEREFORE THERE CAME A GRIMNESS INTO MY HEART SO THAT I NEVER LET ANYTHING GO FREE WHEN ONCE I WAS SET TO BIND IT
 in my heart whose faces shall be more lively than the rainbow; they shall make a compact with the North wind, and he shall lead them forth; all shall be black behind them and black above them, and there shall be nothing beautiful in the world but them; they shall seize upon the earth and it shall be theirs, and nothing shall stop them but our old enemy the sea." Then an old broken kettle spoke, and said: "I am the friend of cities. I sit among the slaves upon the hearth, the little flames that have been fed with coal. When the slaves dance behind the iron bars I sit in the middle of the dance and sing and make our masters glad. And I make songs about the comfort of the cat, and about the malice that is towards her in the heart of the dog, and about the crawling of the baby, and about the ease that is in the lord of the house when we brew the good brown tea; and sometimes when the house is very warm and slaves and masters are glad, I rebuke the hostile winds that prowl about the world. ONDERFUL CHILDREN IN MY HEART WHOSE FACES SHALL BE MORE LIVELY THAN THE RAINBOW THEY SHALL MAKE A COMPACT WITH THE NORTH WIND AND HE SHALL LEAD THEM FORTH ALL SHALL BE BLACK BEHIND THEM AND BLACK ABOVE THEM AND THERE SHALL BE NOTHING BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD BUT THEM THEY SHALL SEIZE UPON THE EARTH AND IT SHALL BE THEIRS AND NOTHING SHALL STOP THEM BUT OUR OLD ENEMY THE SEA THEN AN OLD BROKEN KETTLE SPOKE AND SAID I AM THE FRIEND OF CITIES I SIT AMONG THE SLAVES UPON THE HEARTH THE LITTLE FLAMES THAT HAVE BEEN FED WITH COAL WHEN THE SLAVES DANCE BEHIND THE IRON BARS I SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE AND SING AND MAKE OUR MASTERS GLAD AND I MAKE SONGS ABOUT THE COMFORT OF THE CAT AND ABOUT THE MALICE THAT IS TOWARDS HER IN THE HEART OF THE DOG AND ABOUT THE CRAWLING OF THE BABY AND ABOUT THE EASE THAT IS IN THE LORD OF THE HOUSE WHEN WE BREW THE GOOD BROWN TEA AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE HOUSE IS VERY WARM AND THE SLAVES AND MASTERS ARE GLAD I REBUKE THE HOSTILE WINDS THAT PROWL ABOUT THE WORLD
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