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It told of how the gods and beasts and men had long ago loved beautiful companions, and long ago in vain. It told of the golden host of happy hopes, but not of their achieving. It told how Love scorned Death, but told of Death's laughter. IT TOLD OF HOW THE GODS AND BEASTS AND MEN HAD LONG AGO LOVED BEAUTIFUL COMPANIONS AND LONG AGO IN VAIN IT TOLD OF THE GOLDEN HOST OF HAPPY HOPES BUT NOT OF THEIR ACHIEVING IT TOLD HOW LOVE SCORNED DEATH BUT TOLD OF DEATH'S LAUGHTER
th his harp and an agate bowl, while Arrath went round by a crag on the other side. Then the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland went back to his windy house, muttering angrily as he passed his cabbages, for he did not love the ways of the Gladsome Beast; and the two friends parted on their separate ways. Nothing perceived them but that ominous crow glutted overlong already upon the flesh of man. The wind blew bleak from the stars. At first there was dangerous climbing, and then Ackronnion gained the smooth, broad steps that led from the edge to the lair, and at that moment heard at the top of the steps the continuous chuckles of the Gladsome Beast. He feared then that its mirth might be insuperable, not to be saddened by the most grievous song; nevertheless he did not turn back then, but softly climbed the stairs and, placing the agate bowl upon a step, struck up the chaunt called Dolorous. It told of desolate, regretted things befallen happy cities long since in the prime of the world. E WAY OF THE STEPS WITH HIS HARP AND AN AGATE BOWL WHILE EARRATH WENT ROUND BY A CRAG ON THE OTHER SIDE THEN THE OLD MAN WHO LOOKS AFTER FAIRYLAND WENT BACK TO HIS WINDY HOUSE MUTTERING ANGRILY AS HE PASSED HIS CABBAGES FOR HE DID NOT LOVE THE WAYS OF THE GLADSOME BEAST AND THE TWO FRIENDS PARTED ON THEIR SEPARATE WAYS NOTHING PERCEIVED THEM BUT THAT OMINOUS CROW GLUTTED OVER LONG ALREADY UPON THE FLESH OF MAN THE WIND BLEW BLEAK FROM THE STARS AT FIRST THERE WAS DANGEROUS CLIMBING AND THEN ACRONIAN GAINED THE SMOOTH BROAD STEPS THAT LED FROM THE EDGE TO THE LAIR AND AT THAT MOMENT HEARD AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS THE CONTINUOUS CHUCKLES OF THE GLADSOME BEAST HE FEARED THEN THAT ITS MIRTH MIGHT BE INSUPERABLE NOT TO BE SADDENED BY THE MOST GRIEVOUS SONG NEVERTHELESS HE DID NOT TURN BACK THEN BUT SOFTLY CLIMBED THE STAIRS AND PLACING THE AGATE BOWL UPON A STEP STRUCK UP THE CHAUNT CALLED DOLORUS IT TOLD OF DESOLATE REGRET IN THINGS BEFALLEN HAPPY CITIES LONG SINCE IN THE PRIME OF THE WORLD
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