large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_12_dunsany_64kb_30
large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_12_dunsany_64kb
English
9571
Nothing in the somber forest stirred or made any sound. Tired men do not dream of war. NOTHING IN THE SOMBRE FOREST STIRRED OR MADE ANY SOUND TIRED MEN DO NOT DREAM OF WAR
re doing some furious deed; now they had come to the verge of a black forest; the tree-trunks stood like those great columns in an Egyptian hall whence God in an older mood received the praise of men; the top of it sloped the way of an ancient wind. Here they all halted and lighted a fire of branches, striking sparks from flint into a heap of bracken. They eased them of their armour, and sat round the fire, and Camorak stood up there and addressed them, and Camorak said: "We go to war with Fate, who has doomed that I shall not come to Carcassonne. And if we turn aside but one of the dooms of Fate, then the whole future of the world is ours, and the future that Fate has ordered is like the dry course of an averted river. But if such men as we, such resolute conquerors, cannot prevent one doom that Fate has planned, then is the race of man enslaved for ever to do its petty and allotted task." Then they all drew their swords, and waved them high in the firelight, and declared war on Fate. THS OF THE NIGHT AIR BEFORE DOING SOME FURIOUS DEED NOW THEY HAD COME TO THE VERGE OF A BLACK FOREST THE TREE TRUNK STOOD LIKE THOSE GREAT COLUMNS IN AN EGYPTIAN HALL WHENCE GOD IN AN OLDER MOOD RECEIVED THE PRAISE OF MEN THE TOP OF IT SLOPED THE WAY OF AN ANCIENT WIND HERE THEY ALL HALTED AND LIGHTED A FIRE OF BRANCHES STRIKING SPARKS FROM FLINT INTO A HEAP OF BRACKEN THEY EASED THEM OF THEIR ARMOR AND SAT ROUND THE FIRE AND CAMERACKS STOOD UP THERE AND ADDRESSED THEM AND CAMERACK SAID WE GO TO WAR WITH FATE WHO HAS DOOMED THAT I SHALL NOT COME TO CARCASSINY AND IF WE TURN ASIDE BUT ONE OF THE DOOMS OF FATE THEN THE WHOLE FUTURE OF THE WORLD IS OURS AND THE FUTURE THAT FATE HAS ORDERED IS LIKE THE DRY COURSE OF AN AVERTED RIVER BUT IF SUCH MEN AS WE SUCH RESOLUTE CONQUERORS CANNOT PREVENT ONE DOOM THAT FATE HAS PLANNED THEN IS THE RACE OF MAN ENSLAVED FOREVER TO DO ITS PETTY AND ALLOTTED TASK THEN THEY ALL DREW THEIR SWORDS AND WAVED THEM HIGH IN THE FIRELIGHT AND DECLARED WAR ON FATE
large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_12_dunsany_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_12_dunsany_64kb.flac