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"For a while, O King, the gods had sought to solve the riddles of Time, for a while They made him Their slave, and Time smiled and obeyed his masters, for a while, O King, for a while. FOR A WHILE O KING THE GODS HAD SOUGHT TO SOLVE THE RIDDLES OF TIME FOR A WHILE THEY MADE HIM THEIR SLAVE AND TIME SMILED AND OBEYED HIS MASTERS FOR A WHILE O KING FOR A WHILE
y the light of this star the myriad prayers that thou shalt see all around thee fly to the Hall of the gods. “Sighs shall waft thy ship of sighs over the sea of Tears. Thou shalt pass by islands of laughter and lands of song lying low in the sea, and all of them drenched with tears flung over their rocks by the waves of the sea all driven by the sighs. “But at last thou shalt come with the prayers of men to the great Hall of the gods where the chairs of the gods are carved of onyx grouped round the golden throne of the eldest of the gods. And there, O King, hope not to find the gods, but reclining upon the golden throne wearing a cloak of his master’s thou shalt see the figure of Time with blood upon his hands, and loosely dangling from his fingers a dripping sword, and spattered with blood but empty shall stand the onyx chairs. “There he sits on his master’s throne dangling idly his sword, or with it flicking cruelly at the prayers of men that lie in a great heap bleeding at his feet. AVE IT LED ONLY BY THE LIGHT OF THIS STAR THE MYRIAD PRAYERS THAT THOU SHALT SEE ALL AROUND THEE FLY TO THE HALL OF THE GODS SIGHS SHALL WAFT THY SHIP OF SIGHS OVER THE SEA OF TEARS THOU SHALT PASS BY ISLANDS OF LAUGHTER AND LANDS OF SONG LYING LOW IN THE SEA AND ALL OF THEM DRENCHED WITH TEARS FLUNG OVER THEIR ROCKS BY THE WAVES OF THE SEA ALL DRIVEN BY THE SIGHS BUT AT LAST THOU SHALT COME WITH THE PRAYERS OF MEN TO THE GREAT HALL OF THE GODS WHERE THE CHAIRS OF THE GODS ARE CARVED OF ONYX GROUPED ROUND THE GOLDEN THRONE OF THE ELDEST OF THE GODS AND THERE O KING HOPE NOT TO FIND THE GODS BUT RECLINING UPON THE GOLDEN THRONE WEARING A CLOAK OF HIS MASTERS THOU SHALT SEE THE FIGURE OF TIME WITH BLOOD UPON HIS HANDS AND LOOSELY DANGLING FROM HIS FINGERS A DROOPING SWORD AND SPATTERED WITH BLOOD BUT EMPTY SHALL STAND THE ONYX CHAIRS THERE HE SITS ON HIS MASTER'S THRONE DANGLING IDLY HIS SWORD OR WITH IT FLICKING CRUELLY AT THE PRAYERS OF MEN THAT LIE IN A GREAT HEAP BLEEDING AT HIS FEET
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