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large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_15_dunsany_64kb
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It was a strange thing that the poet did, for he hired the largest motor in the town and covered it with all the flags he could find, and set out to save an intelligence. IT WAS A STRANGE THING THAT THE POET DID FOR HE HIRED THE LARGEST MOTOR IN THE TOWN AND COVERED IT WITH ALL THE FLAGS HE COULD FIND AND SET OUT TO SAVE AN INTELLIGENCE
HE DAY OF THE POLL In the town by the sea it was the day of the poll, and the poet regarded it sadly when he woke and saw the light of it coming in at his window between two small curtains of gauze. And the day of the poll was beautifully bright; stray bird-songs came to the poet at the window; the air was crisp and wintry, but it was the blaze of sunlight that had deceived the birds. He heard the sound of the sea that the moon led up the shore, dragging the months away over the pebbles and shingles and piling them up with the years where the worn-out centuries lay; he saw the majestic downs stand facing mightily south-wards; saw the smoke of the town float up to their heavenly faces--column after column rose calmly into the morning as house by house was waked by peering shafts of the sunlight and lit its fires for the day; column by column went up toward the serene downs' faces, and failed before they came there and hung all white over houses; and every one in the town was raving mad. OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE TOWN BY THE SEA IT WAS THE DAY OF THE POLE AND THE POET REGARDED IT SADLY WHEN HE WOKE AND SAW THE LIGHT OF IT COMING IN AT HIS WINDOW BETWEEN TWO SMALL CURTAINS OF GAUZE AND THE DAY OF THE POLL WAS BEAUTIFULLY BRIGHT STRAY BIRD SONGS CAME TO THE POET AT THE WINDOW THE AIR WAS CRISP AND WINTRY BUT IT WAS THE BLAZE OF SUNLIGHT THAT HAD DECEIVED THE BIRDS HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE SEA THAT THE MOON LET UP THE SHORE DRAGGING THE MONTHS AWAY OVER THE PEBBLES AND SHINGLES AND PILING THEM UP WITH THE YEARS WHERE THE WORN OUT CENTURIES LAY HE SAW THE MAJESTIC DOWN STAND FACING MIGHTILY SOUTHWARDS SAW THE SMOKE OF THE TOWN FLOAT UP TO THEIR HEAVENLY FACES COLUMN AFTER COLUMN ROSE CALMLY INTO THE MORNING AS HOUSE BY HOUSE WAS WAKED BY PEERING SHAFTS OF THE SUNLIGHT AND LIT ITS FIRES FOR THE DAY COLUMN BY COLUMN WENT UP TOWARD THE SERENE DOWNS FACES AND FAILED BEFORE THEY CAME THERE AND HUNG ALL WHITE OVER HOUSES AND EVERYONE IN THE TOWN WAS RAVING MAD
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