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In islands far to the eastward the vine, from whose heart this wine was long since wrung, hath climbed aloft with many a clutching finger and beheld the sea and ships of the olden time and men since dead, and gone down into the earth again and been covered over with weeds. IN ISLANDS FAR TO THE EASTWARD THE VINE FROM WHOSE HEART THIS WINE WAS LONG SINCE WRUNG HATH CLIMBED ALOFT WITH MANY A CLUTCHING FINGER AND BEHELD THE SEA AND SHIPS OF THE OLDEN TIME AND MEN SINCE DEAD AND GONE DOWN TO THE EARTH AGAIN AND BEEN COVERED OVER WITH WEEDS
e the King. He that now watches the magic of his prophets will behold no more the wonder of the dance, and among ancient parchments, strange and wise, he shall forget the swirl of drapery when we swing together through the Dance of the Myriad Steps.” And with her were Silvern Fountain and Summer Lightning and Dream of the Sea, each lamenting that they should dance no more to please the eyes of the King. And Intahn who had carried at the banquet for fifty years the goblet of the King set with its four sapphires each as large as an eye, said as he spread his hands towards the palace making the sign of farewell: “Not all the magic of prophecy nor yet foreseeing nor perceiving may equal the power of wine. Through the small door in the King’s Hall one goes by one hundred steps and many sloping corridors into the cool of the earth where lies a cavern vaster than the Hall. Therein, curtained by the spider, repose the casks of wine that are wont to gladden the hearts of the Kings of Zarkandhu. L TO DANCE BEFORE THE KING HE THAT NOW WATCHES THE MAGIC OF HIS PROPHETS WILL BEHOLD NO MORE THE WONDER OF THE DANCE AND AMONG ANCIENT PARCHMENTS STRANGE AND WISE HE SHALL FORGET THE SWIRL OF DRAPERY WHEN WE SWING TOGETHER THROUGH THE DANCE OF THE MYRIAD STEPS AND WITH HER WHERE SILVERN FOUNTAIN AND SUMMER LIGHTNING AND DREAM OF THE SEA EACH LAMENTING THAT THEY SHOULD DANCE NO MORE TO PLEASE THE EYES OF THE KING AND IN TAN WHO HAD CARRIED AT THE BANQUET FOR FIFTY YEARS THE GOBLET OF THE KING SET WITH ITS FOUR SAPPHIRES EACH AS LARGE AS AN EYE SAID AS HE SPREAD HIS HANDS TOWARDS THE PALACE MAKING THE SIGN OF FAREWELL NOT ALL THE MAGIC OF PROPHECY NOR YET FORESEEING NOR PERCEIVING MAY EQUAL THE POWER OF WINE THROUGH THE SMALL DOOR IN THE KING'S HALL ONE GOES BY ONE HUNDRED STEPS AND MANY SLOPING CORRIDORS INTO THE COOL OF THE EARTH WHERE LIES A CAVERN VASTER THAN THE HALL THEREIN CURTAINED BY THE SPIDER REPOSE THE CASKS OF WINE THAT ARE WONT TO GLADDEN THE HEARTS OF THE KINGS OF ZARKANDU
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