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They knew it when the pebbles were being made and before the isles of coral were given unto the sea. And thus the prophecy came unto fulfilment and passed into history, and so at length to Oblivion, out of which I drag it as it goes floating by, into which I shall one day tumble. THEY KNEW IT WHEN THE PEBBLES WERE BEING MADE AND BEFORE THE ISLES OF CORAL WERE GIVEN UNTO THE SEA AND THUS THE PROPHECY CAME UNTO FULFILMENT AND PASSED INTO HISTORY AND SO AT LENGTH TO OBLIVION OUT OF WHICH I DRAG IT AS IT GOES FLOATING BY INTO WHICH I SHALL ONE DAY TUMBLE
 an old wayfaring woman had given it to him: it had the power to hold any animal whose race had never known captivity, such as the unicorn, the hippogriff Pegasus, dragons and wyverns; but with a lion, giraffe, camel or horse it was useless. How often we have seen that City of Never, that marvel of the Nations! Not when it is night in the World, and we can see no further than the stars; not when the sun is shining where we dwell, dazzling our eyes; but when the sun has set on some stormy days, all at once repentant at evening, and those glittering cliffs reveal themselves which we almost take to be clouds, and it is twilight with us as it is for ever with them, then on their gleaming summits we see those golden domes that overpeer the edges of the World and seem to dance with dignity and calm in that gentle light of evening that is Wonder's native haunt. Then does the City of Never, unvisited and afar, look long at her sister the World. It had been prophecied that he should come there. ND A WORN OLD ROPE IT WAS AN OLD WAYFARING WOMAN HAD GIVEN IT TO HIM IT HAD THE POWER TO HOLD ANY ANIMAL WHOSE RACE HAD NEVER KNOWN CAPTIVITY SUCH AS THE UNICORN THE HIPPOGRIFF PEGASUS DRAGONS AND WHIVERS BUT WITH A LION GIRAFF CAMEL OR HORSE IT WAS USELESS HOW OFTEN HAVE WE SEEN THAT CITY OF NEVER THAT MARVEL OF THE NATIONS NOT WHEN IT IS NIGHT IN THE WORLD AND WE CAN SEE NO FURTHER THAN THE STARS NOT WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING WHERE WE DWELL DAZZLING OUR EYES BUT WHEN THE SUN HAS SET ON SOME STORMY DAYS ALL AT ONCE REPENTANT AT EVENING AND THOSE GLITTERING CLIFFS REVEAL THEMSELVES WHICH WE ALMOST TAKE TO BE CLOUDS AND IT IS TWILIGHT WITH US AS IT IS FOREVER WITH THEM THEN ON THEIR GLEAMING SUMMITS WE SEE THOSE GOLDEN DOMES THAT OVERPEER THE EDGES OF THE WORLD AND SEEM TO DANCE WITH DIGNITY AND CALM IN THAT GENTLE LIGHT OF EVENING THAT IS WONDER'S NATIVE HAUNT THEN DOES THE CITY OF NEVER UNVISITED AND AFAR LOOK LONG AT HER SISTER THE WORLD IT HAD BEEN PROPHESIED THAT HE SHOULD COME THERE
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