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She should have thrown her glove, they said, into some lion's den, she should have asked for a score of venomous heads of the serpents of Licantara, or demanded the death of any notable dragon, or sent them all upon some deadly quest, but that she could not love them SHE SHOULD HAVE THROWN HER GLOVE THEY SAID INTO SOME LIONS DEN SHE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A SCORE OF VENOMOUS HEADS OF THE SERPENTS OF LIKE CANTERA OR DEMANDED THE DEATH OF ANY NOTABLE DRAGON OR SENT THEM ALL UPON SOME DEADLY QUEST BUT THAT SHE COULD NOT LOVE THEM
she abided there, and still her marble palace passed not away nor the power that there was in the dragon's spell. And only once did there ever come to her a message from the world that of old she knew. It came in a pearly ship across the mystical sea; it was from an old school-friend that she had had in Putney, merely a note, no more, in a little, neat, round hand: it said, "It is not Proper for you to be there alone." THE QUEST OF THE QUEEN'S TEARS Sylvia, Queen of the Woods, in her woodland palace, held court, and made a mockery of her suitors. She would sing to them, she said, she would give them banquets, she would tell them tales of legendary days, her jugglers should caper before them, her armies salute them, her fools crack jests with them and make whimsical quips, only she could not love them. This was not the way, they said, to treat princes in their splendour and mysterious troubadours concealing kingly names; it was not in accordance with fable; myth had no precedent for it.  THE BOOK OF WONDER BY LORD DUNZANIE THIS IS LIEBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVER BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG THE QUEST OF THE QUEEN'S TEARS SYLVIA QUEEN OF THE WOODS IN HER WOODLAND PALACE HELD COURT AND MADE A MOCKERY OF HER SUITORS SHE WOULD SING TO THEM SHE SAID SHE WOULD GIVE THEM BANQUETS SHE WOULD TELL THEM TALES OF LEGENDARY DAYS HER JUGGLERS SHOULD CAPER BEFORE THEM HER ARMIES SALUTE THEM HER FOOLS CRACK JESTS WITH THEM AND MAKE WHIMSICAL WHIPS ONLY SHE COULD NOT LOVE THEM THIS WAS NOT THE WAY THEY SAID TO TREAT PRINCES IN THEIR SPLENDOR AND MYSTERIOUS TROUBADOURS CONCEALING KINGLY NAMES IT WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FABLE MYTH HAD NO PRECEDENT FOR IT
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