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And suddenly there at his hooves in the dark of the plain appeared the cleft in the legendary lands, and Zretazoola sheltering in the cleft, and sunning herself in the evening. AND SUDDENLY THERE AT HIS HOOFS IN THE DARK OF THE PLAIN APPEARED THE CLEFT IN THE LEGENDARY LANDS AND ZRETAZOOLA SHELTERING IN THE CLEFT AND SUNNING HERSELF IN THE EVENING
ë was immortal: for only her beauty and her lineage were divine. Her father had been half centaur and half god; her mother was the child of a desert lion and that sphinx that watches the pyramids;--she was more mystical than Woman. Her beauty was as a dream, was as a song; the one dream of a lifetime dreamed on enchanted dews, the one song sung to some city by a deathless bird blown far from his native coasts by storm in Paradise. Dawn after dawn on mountains of romance or twilight after twilight could never equal her beauty; all the glow-worms had not the secret among them nor all the stars of night; poets had never sung it nor evening guessed its meaning; the morning envied it, it was hidden from lovers. She was unwed, unwooed. The lions came not to woo her because they feared her strength, and the gods dared not love her because they knew she must die. This was what evening had whispered to the bat, this was the dream in the heart of Shepperalk as he cantered blind through the mist.  THAT LOVELY SOMBELENE WAS IMMORTAL FOR ONLY HER BEAUTY AND HER LINEAGE WERE DIVINE HER FATHER HAD BEEN HALF CENTAUR AND HALF GOD HER MOTHER WAS THE CHILD OF A DESERT LION AND THAT SPHINX THAT WATCHES THE PYRAMIDS SHE WAS MORE MYSTICAL THAN WOMAN HER BEAUTY WAS AS A DREAM WAS AS A SONG THE ONE DREAM OF A LIFETIME DREAMED ON ENCHANTED DEWS THE ONE SONG SUNG TO SOME CITY BY A DEATHLESS BIRD BLOWN FAR FROM HIS NATIVE COASTS BY STORM IN PARADISE DAWN AFTER DAWN ON MOUNTAINS OF ROMANCE OR TWILIGHT AFTER TWILIGHT COULD NEVER EQUAL HER BEAUTY ALL THE GLOW WORMS HAD NOT THE SECRET AMONG THEM NOR ALL THE STARS OF NIGHT POETS HAD NEVER SUNG IT NOR EVENING GUESSED ITS MEANING THE MORNING ENVIED IT IT WAS HIDDEN FROM LOVERS SHE WAS UNWED UNWOOED THE LIONS CAME NOT TO WOO HER BECAUSE THEY FEARED HER STRENGTH AND THE GODS DARED NOT LOVE HER BECAUSE THEY KNEW SHE MUST DIE THIS WAS WHAT EVENING HAD WHISPERED TO THE BAT THIS WAS THE DREAM IN THE HEART OF SHEPPERALK AS HE CANTERED BLIND THROUGH THE MIST
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