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I had said: "I will see Andelsprutz arrogant with her beauty," and I had said: "I will see her weeping over her conquest." I had said: "She will sing songs to me," and "she will be reticent," "she will be all robed," and "she will be bare but splendid." I HAD SAID I WILL SEE ONDO SPRUCE ARROGANT WITH HER BEAUTY AND I HAD SAID I WILL SEE HER WEEPING OVER HER CONQUEST I HAD SAID SHE WILL SING SONGS TO ME AND SHE WILL BE RETICENT SHE WILL BE ALL ROBED AND SHE WILL BE BARE BUT SPLENDID
tions lifting out of the fields, and behind them stood its belfries. I went in by a gate and saw its houses and streets, and a great disappointment came upon me. For there is an air about a city, and it has a way with it, whereby a man may recognized one from another at once. There are cities full of happiness and cities full of pleasure, and cities full of gloom. There are cities with their faces to heaven, and some with their faces to earth; some have a way of looking at the past and others look at the future; some notice you if you come among them, others glance at you, others let you go by. Some love the cities that are their neighbours, others are dear to the plains and to the heath; some cities are bare to the wind, others have purple cloaks and others brown cloaks, and some are clad in white. Some tell the old tale of their infancy, with others it is secret; some cities sing and some mutter, some are angry, and some have broken hearts, and each city has her way of greeting Time. REAMS SUDDENLY I SAW ITS FORTIFICATIONS LIFTING OUT OF THE FIELDS AND BEHIND THEM STOOD ITS BELFRIES I WENT IN BY A GATE AND SAW ITS HOUSES AND STREETS AND A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT CAME UPON ME FOR THERE IS AN AIR ABOUT A CITY AND IT HAS A WAY WITH IT WHEREBY A MAN MAY RECOGNIZE ONE FROM ANOTHER AT ONCE THERE ARE CITIES FULL OF HAPPINESS AND CITIES FULL OF PLEASURE AND CITIES FULL OF GLOOM THERE ARE CITIES WITH FACES TO HEAVEN AND SOME WITH THEIR FACES TO EARTH SOME HAVE A WAY OF LOOKING AT THE PAST AND OTHERS LOOK AT THE FUTURE SOME NOTICE YOU IF YOU COME AMONG THEM OTHERS GLANCE AT YOU OTHERS LET YOU GO BY SOME LOVE THE CITIES THAT ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS OTHERS ARE DEAR TO THE PLAINS AND TO THE HEATH SOME CITIES ARE BARE TO THE WIND OTHERS HAVE PURPLE CLOAKS AND OTHERS BROWN CLOAKS AND SOME ARE CLAD IN WHITE SOME TELL THE OLD TALE OF THEIR INFANCY WITH OTHERS IT IS SECRET SOME CITIES SING AND SOME MUTTER SOME ARE ANGRY AND SOME HAVE BROKEN HEARTS AND EACH CITY HAS HER WAY OF GREETING TIME
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