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He saw it dominate the City of Never, and strove to reach it; but at this unmeasured home of unknown colossi the hippogriff shied frantically, and neither the magic halter nor anything that he did could make the monster face it. HE SAW IT DOMINATE THE CITY OF NEVER AND STROVE TO REACH IT BUT AT THIS UNMEASURED HOME OF UNKNOWN COLOSSA THE HIPPOGRIFF SHIED FRANTICALLY AND NEITHER THE MAGIC HALTER NOR ANYTHING THAT HE DID COULD MAKE THE MONSTER FACE IT
left untouched, even he, the destroyer of cities, by what bribe I know not averted. Nevertheless they often wept in Never for change and passing away, mourning catastrophes in other worlds, and they built temples sometimes to ruined stars that had fallen flaming down from the Milky Way, giving them worship still when by us long since forgotten. Other temples they have--who knows to what divinities? And he that was destined alone of men to come to the City of Never was well content to behold it as he trotted down its agate street, with the wings of his hippogriff furled, seeing at either side of him marvel on marvel of which even China is ignorant. Then as he neared the city's further rampart by which no inhabitant stirred, and looked in a direction to which no houses faced with any rose-pink windows, he suddenly saw far-off, dwarfing the mountains, an even greater city. Whether that city was built upon the twilight or whether it rose from the coasts of some other world he did not know. ER THE REST HE HAD LEFT UNTOUCHED EVEN HE THE DESTROYER OF CITIES BY WHAT BRIBE I KNOW NOT AVERTED NEVERTHELESS THEY OFTEN WEPT IN NEVER FOR CHANGE AND PASSING AWAY MOURNING CATASTROPHES IN OTHER WORLDS AND THEY BUILT TEMPLES SOMETIMES TO RUINED STARS THAT HAD FALLEN FLAMING DOWN FROM THE MILKY WAY GIVING THEM WORSHIP STILL WHEN BY US LONG SINCE FORGOTTEN OTHER TEMPLES THEY HAVE WHO KNOWS TO WHAT DIVINITIES AND HE THAT WAS DESTINED ALONE OF MEN TO COME TO THE CITY OF NEVER WAS WELL CONTENT TO BEHOLD IT AS HE TROTTED DOWN ITS AGATE STREET WITH THE WINGS OF HIS HIPPOGRIFF FURLED SEEING AT EITHER SIDE OF HIM MARVEL ON MARVEL OF WHICH EVEN CHINA IS IGNORANT THEN AS HE NEARED THE CITY'S FURTHER RAMPART BY WHICH NO INHABITANT STIRRED AND LOOKED IN A DIRECTION TO WHICH NO HOUSES FACED WITH ANY ROSE PINK WINDOWS HE SUDDENLY SAW FAR OFF DWARFING THE MOUNTAINS AN EVEN GREATER CITY WHETHER THAT CITY WAS BUILT UPON THE TWILIGHT OR WHETHER IT ROSE FROM THE COASTS OF SOME OTHER WORLD HE DID NOT KNOW
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