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It came in a pearly ship across the mystical sea; it was from an old school friend that she had had in Putney, merely a note, no more, in a little, neat, round hand: it said, "It is not Proper for you to be there alone." IT CAME IN A PEARLY SHIP ACROSS THE MYSTICAL SEA IT WAS FROM AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND THAT SHE HAD HAD IN PUTNEY MERELY A NOTE NO MORE IN A LITTLE NEAT ROUND HAND IT SAID IT IS NOT PROPER FOR YOU TO BE THERE ALONE
in his marble tank the golden dragon dreamed: and a little way out from the coast all that the dragon dreamed showed faintly in the mist that lay over the sea. He never dreamed of any rescuing knight. So long as he dreamed, it was twilight; but when he came up nimbly out of his tank night fell and starlight glistened on the dripping, golden scales. There he and his captive either defeated Time or never encountered him at all; while, in the world we know, raged Roncesvalles or battles yet to be--I know not to what part of the shore of Romance he bore her. Perhaps she became one of those princesses of whom fable loves to tell, but let it suffice that there she lived by the sea: and kings ruled, and Demons ruled, and kings came again, and many cities returned to their native dust, and still she abided there, and still her marble palace passed not away nor the power that there was in the dragon's spell. And only once did there ever come to her a message from the world that of old she knew. AT CAPTIVE LADY ASLEEP IN HIS MARBLE TANK THE GOLDEN DRAGON DREAMED AND A LITTLE WAY OUT FROM THE COAST ALL THAT THE DRAGON DREAMED SHOWED FAINTLY IN THE MIST THAT LAY OVER THE SEA HE NEVER DREAMED OF ANY RESCUING NIGHT SO LONG AS HE DREAMED IT WAS TWILIGHT BUT WHEN HE CAME UP NIMBLY OUT OF HIS TANK NIGHT FELL AND STARLIGHT GLISTENED ON THE DRIPPING GOLDEN SCALES THERE HE AND HIS CAPTIVE EITHER DEFEATED TIME OR NEVER ENCOUNTERED HIM AT ALL WHILE IN THE WORLD WE KNOW RAGED RONTS OF ALLS OR BATTLES YET TO BE I KNOW NOT TO WHAT PART OF THE SHORE OF ROMANCE HE BORE HER PERHAPS SHE BECAME ONE OF THOSE PRINCESSES OF WHOM FABLES LOVE TO TELL BUT LET IT SUFFICE THAT THERE SHE LIVED BY THE SEA AND KINGS RULED AND DEMONS RULED AND KINGS CAME AGAIN AND MANY CITIES RETURNED TO THEIR NATIVE DUST AND STILL SHE ABIDED THERE AND STILL HER MARBLE PALS PASSED NOT AWAY NOR THE POWER THAT THERE WAS IN THE DRAGON'S SPELL AND ONLY ONCE DID THERE EVER COME TO HER A MESSAGE FROM THE WORLD THAT OF OLD SHE KNEW
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