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I had hoped, O prophet, that those gods that had smiled upon my childhood, Whose voices stirred at evening in gardens when I was young, would hold dominion still when at last I came to seek Them. I HAD HOPED O PROPHET THAT THOSE GODS THAT HAD SMILED UPON MY CHILDHOOD WHOSE VOICES STIRRED AT EVENING IN GARDENS WHEN I WAS YOUNG WOULD HOLD DOMINION STILL WHEN AT LAST I CAME TO SEEK THEM
shall stand the onyx chairs. “There he sits on his master’s throne dangling idly his sword, or with it flicking cruelly at the prayers of men that lie in a great heap bleeding at his feet. “For a while, O King, the gods had sought to solve the riddles of Time, for a while They made him Their slave, and Time smiled and obeyed his masters, for a while, O King, for a while. He that hath spared nothing hath not spared the gods, nor yet shall he spare thee.” Then the King spake dolefully in the Hall of Kings, and said: “May I not find at last the gods, and must it be that I may not look in Their faces at the last to see whether They be kindly? They that have sent me on my earthward journey I would greet on my returning, if not as a King coming again to his own city, yet as one who having been ordered had obeyed, and obeying had merited something of those for whom he toiled. I would look Them in Their faces, O prophet, and ask Them concerning many things and would know the wherefore of much. TTERED WITH BLOOD BUT EMPTY SHALL STAND THE ONYX CHAIRS THERE HE SITS ON HIS MASTER'S THRONE DANGLING IDLY HIS SWORD OR WITH IT FLICKING CRUELLY AT THE PRAYERS OF MEN THAT LIE IN A GREAT HEAP BLEEDING AT HIS FEET FOR A WHILE O KING THE GODS HAD SOUGHT TO SOLVE THE RIDDLES OF TIME FOR A WHILE THEY MADE HIM THEIR SLAVE AND TIME SMILED AND OBEYED HIS MASTERS FOR A WHILE O KING FOR A WHILE HE THAT HATH SPARED NOTHING HATH NOT SPARED THE GODS NOR YET SHALL HE SPARE THEE THEN THE KING SPAKE DOLEFULLY IN THE HALL OF KINGS AND SAID MAY I NOT FIND AT LAST THE GODS AND MUST IT BE THAT I MAY NOT LOOK IN THEIR FACES AT THE LAST TO SEE WHETHER THEY BE KINDLY THEY THAT HAVE SENT ME ON MY EARTHWARD JOURNEY I WOULD GREET ON MY RETURNING IF NOT AS A KING COMING AGAIN TO HIS OWN CITY YET AS ONE WHO HAVING BEEN ORDERED HAD OBEYED AND OBEYING HAD MERITED SOMETHING OF THOSE FOR WHOM HE TOILED I WOULD LOOK THEM IN THEIR FACES O PROPHET AND ASK THEM CONCERNING MANY THINGS AND WOULD KNOW THE WHEREFORE OF MUCH
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