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Bells pealed in frantic towers, wise men consulted parchments, astrologers sought of the portent from the stars, the aged made subtle prophecies. "Is he not swift?" said the young. "How glad he is," said children. BELLS PEALED IN FRANTIC TOWERS WISE MEN CONSULTED PARCHMENTS ASTROLOGERS SOUGHT OF THE PORTENT FROM THE STARS THE AGED MADE SUBTLE PROPHECIES IS HE NOT SWIFT SAID THE YOUNG HOW GLAD HE IS SAID CHILDREN
ong the public ways. So he passed from city to city. By night he lay down unpanting in the reeds of some marsh or a forest; before dawn he rose triumphant, and hugely drank of some river in the dark, and splashing out of it would trot to some high place to find the sunrise, and to send echoing eastwards the exultant greetings of his jubilant horn. And lo! the sunrise coming up from the echoes, and the plains new-lit by the day, and the leagues spinning by like water flung from a top, and that gay companion, the loudly laughing wind, and men and the fears of men and their little cities; and, after that, great rivers and waste spaces and huge new hills, and then new lands beyond them, and more cities of men, and always the old companion, the glorious wind. Kingdom by kingdom slipt by, and still his breath was even. "It is a golden thing to gallop on good turf in one's youth," said the young man-horse, the centaur. "Ha, ha," said the wind of the hills, and the winds of the plain answered. EY SAW SHEPPERALK SWERVE AND LEAP ALONG THE PUBLIC WAYS SO HE PASSED FROM CITY TO CITY BY NIGHT HE LAY DOWN UNPANTING IN THE REEDS OF SOME MARSH OR FOREST BEFORE DAWN HE ROSE TRIUMPHANT AND HUGELY DRANK OF SOME RIVER IN THE DARK AND SPLASHING OUT OF IT WOULD TROT TO SOME HIGH PLACE TO FIND THE SUNRISE AND TO SEND ECHOING EASTWARDS THE EXULTANT GREETINGS OF HIS JUBILANT HORN AND LO THE SUNRISE COMING UP FROM THE ECHOES AND THE PLAINS NEW LIT BY THE DAY AND THE LEAGUES SPINNING BY LIKE WATER FLUNG FROM A TOP AND THAT GAY COMPANION THE LOUDLY LAUGHING WIND AND MEN AND THE FEARS OF MEN AND THEIR LITTLE CITIES AND AFTER THAT GREAT RIVERS AND WASTE SPACES AND HUGE NEW HILLS AND THEN NEW LANDS BEYOND THEM AND MORE CITIES OF MEN AND ALWAYS THE OLD COMPANION THE GLORIOUS WIND KINGDOM BY KINGDOM SLIPT BY AND STILL HIS BREATH WAS EVEN IT IS A GOLDEN THING TO GALLOP ON GOOD TURF IN ONE'S YOUTH SAID THE YOUNG MAN HORSE THE CENTAUR HA HA SAID THE WIND OF THE HILLS AND THE WINDS OF THE PLAIN ANSWERED
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