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her doom is written with man's by listless, careless gods with their faces to other spheres. HER DOOM IS WRITTEN WITH MAN'S BY LISTLESS CARELESS GODS WITH THEIR FACES TO OTHER SPEARS
ome behind the shoulder, and the tears and the joyful ways of the Gladsome Beast were ended and over for ever. And carefully they carried the bowl of tears away, leaving the body of the Gladsome Beast as a change of diet for the ominous crow; and going by the windy house of thatch they said farewell to the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland, who when he heard of the deed rubbed his hands together and mumbled again and again, "And a very good thing, too. My cabbages! My cabbages!" And not long after Ackronnion sang again in the sylvan palace of the Queen of the Woods, having first drunk all the tears in his agate bowl. And it was a gala night, and all the court were there and ambassadors from the lands of legend and myth, and even some from Terra Cognita. And Ackronnion sang as he never sang before, and will not sing again. O, but dolorous, dolorous, are all the ways of man, few and fierce are his days, and the end trouble, and vain, vain his endeavour: and woman--who shall tell of it?-- STAUNCH SPEAR OF ERITH WENT HOME BEHIND THE SHOULDER AND THE TEARS AND THE JOYFUL WAYS OF THE GLADSOME BEASTS WERE ENDED AND OVER FOR EVER AND CAREFULLY THEY CARRIED THE BOWL OF TEARS AWAY LEAVING THE BODY OF THE GLADSOME BEAST AS A CHANGE OF DIET FOR THE OMINOUS CROW AND GOING BY THE WINDY HOUSE OF THATCH THEY SAID FAREWELL TO THE OLD MAN WHO LOOKS AFTER FAIRYLAND WHO WHEN HE HEARD OF THE DEED RUBBED HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND MUMBLED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND A VERY GOOD THING TOO MY CABBAGES MY CABBAGES AND NOT LONG AFTER A CRONIAN SANG AGAIN IN THE SYLVAN PALACE OF THE QUEEN OF THE WOODS HAVING FIRST DRUNK ALL THE TEARS IN HIS AGATE BOWL AND IT WAS A GALLANT NIGHT AND ALL THE COURT WERE THERE AND AMBASSADORS FROM THE LANDS OF LEGEND AND MYTH AND EVEN SOME FROM TERRA COGNITA AND ACRONIAN SANG AS HE NEVER SANG BEFORE AND WILL NOT SING AGAIN OH BUT DOLOROUS DOLOROUS ARE ALL THE WAYS OF MAN FEW AND FIERCE ARE HIS DAYS AND THE END TROUBLE AND VAIN VAIN HIS ENDEAVOUR AND WOMAN WHO SHALL TELL OF IT
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