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Perhaps she became one of those princesses of whom fable loves to tell, but let it suffice that there she lived by the sea: and kings ruled, and Demons ruled, and kings came again, and many cities returned to their native dust, and still she abided there, and still her marble palace passed not away nor the power that there was in the dragon's spell. And only once did there ever come to her a message from the world that of old she knew. PERHAPS SHE BECAME ONE OF THOSE PRINCESSES OF WHOM FABLES LOVE TO TELL BUT LET IT SUFFICE THAT THERE SHE LIVED BY THE SEA AND KINGS RULED AND DEMONS RULED AND KINGS CAME AGAIN AND MANY CITIES RETURNED TO THEIR NATIVE DUST AND STILL SHE ABIDED THERE AND STILL HER MARBLE PALS PASSED NOT AWAY NOR THE POWER THAT THERE WAS IN THE DRAGON'S SPELL AND ONLY ONCE DID THERE EVER COME TO HER A MESSAGE FROM THE WORLD THAT OF OLD SHE KNEW
, and kept alight for ever the lantern by her side, and saved from decay the marble palace facing the mystical sea. And if no time went by her there at all, her single moment on those marvellous coasts was turned as it were to a crystal reflecting a thousand scenes. If it was all a dream, it was a dream that knew no morning and no fading away. The tide roamed on and whispered of mastery and of myth, while near that captive lady, asleep in his marble tank the golden dragon dreamed: and a little way out from the coast all that the dragon dreamed showed faintly in the mist that lay over the sea. He never dreamed of any rescuing knight. So long as he dreamed, it was twilight; but when he came up nimbly out of his tank night fell and starlight glistened on the dripping, golden scales. There he and his captive either defeated Time or never encountered him at all; while, in the world we know, raged Roncesvalles or battles yet to be--I know not to what part of the shore of Romance he bore her.  HER ALSO PERENNIAL YOUTH AND KEPT ALIGHT FOREVER THE LANTERN BY HER SIDE AND SAVE FROM DECAY THE MARBLE PALACE FACING THE MYSTICAL SEA AND IF NO TIME WENT BY HER THERE AT ALL HER SINGLE MOMENT ON THOSE MARVELOUS COASTS WAS TURNED AS IT WERE TO A CRYSTAL REFLECTING A THOUSAND SCENES IF IT WAS ALL A DREAM IT WAS A DREAM THAT KNEW NO MORNING AND NO FADING AWAY THE TIDE ROAMED ON AND WHISPERED OF MASTER AND OF MYTH WHILE NEAR THAT CAPTIVE LADY ASLEEP IN HIS MARBLE TANK THE GOLDEN DRAGON DREAMED AND A LITTLE WAY OUT FROM THE COAST ALL THAT THE DRAGON DREAMED SHOWED FAINTLY IN THE MIST THAT LAY OVER THE SEA HE NEVER DREAMED OF ANY RESCUING NIGHT SO LONG AS HE DREAMED IT WAS TWILIGHT BUT WHEN HE CAME UP NIMBLY OUT OF HIS TANK NIGHT FELL AND STARLIGHT GLISTENED ON THE DRIPPING GOLDEN SCALES THERE HE AND HIS CAPTIVE EITHER DEFEATED TIME OR NEVER ENCOUNTERED HIM AT ALL WHILE IN THE WORLD WE KNOW RAGED RONTS OF ALLS OR BATTLES YET TO BE I KNOW NOT TO WHAT PART OF THE SHORE OF ROMANCE HE BORE HER
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