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Her beauty was as a dream, was as a song; the one dream of a lifetime dreamed on enchanted dews, the one song sung to some city by a deathless bird blown far from his native coasts by storm in Paradise. HER BEAUTY WAS AS A DREAM WAS AS A SONG THE ONE DREAM OF A LIFETIME DREAMED ON ENCHANTED DEWS THE ONE SONG SUNG TO SOME CITY BY A DEATHLESS BIRD BLOWN FAR FROM HIS NATIVE COASTS BY STORM IN PARADISE
ola now, the city of Sombelenë. It was late in the day when he neared it, and clouds coloured with evening rolled low on the plain before him; he galloped on into their golden mist, and when it hid from his eyes the sight of things, the dreams in his heart awoke and romantically he pondered all those rumours that used to come to him from Sombelenë, because of the fellowship of fabulous things. She dwelt (said evening secretly to the bat) in a little temple by a lone lakeshore. A grove of cypresses screened her from the city, from Zretazoola of the climbing ways. And opposite her temple stood her tomb, her sad lake-sepulchre with open door, lest her amazing beauty and the centuries of her youth should ever give rise to the heresy among men that lovely Sombelenë was immortal: for only her beauty and her lineage were divine. Her father had been half centaur and half god; her mother was the child of a desert lion and that sphinx that watches the pyramids;--she was more mystical than Woman. THAT HE NEARED ZRETAZOOLA NOW THE CITY OF SOMBELENE IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY WHEN HE NEARED IT AND CLOUDS COLOURED WITH EVENING ROLLED LOW ON THE PLAIN BEFORE HIM HE GALLOPED ON INTO THEIR GOLDEN MIST AND WHEN IT HID FROM HIS EYES THE SIGHT OF THINGS THE DREAMS IN HIS HEART AWOKE AND ROMANTICALLY HE PONDERED ALL THOSE RUMOURS THAT USED TO COME TO HIM FROM SOMBELENE BECAUSE OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF FABULOUS THINGS SHE DELT SAID EVENING SECRETLY TO THE BAT IN A LITTLE TEMPLE BY A LONE LAKESHORE A GROVE OF CYPRESSES SCREENED HER FROM THE CITY FROM ZRETAZOOLA OF THE CLIMBING WAYS AND OPPOSITE HER TEMPLE STOOD HER TOMB HER SAD LAKE SEPULCHRE WITH OPEN DOOR LEST HER AMAZING BEAUTY AND THE CENTURIES OF HER YOUTH SHOULD EVER GIVE RISE TO THE HERESY AMONG MEN THAT LOVELY SOMBELENE WAS IMMORTAL FOR ONLY HER BEAUTY AND HER LINEAGE WERE DIVINE HER FATHER HAD BEEN HALF CENTAUR AND HALF GOD HER MOTHER WAS THE CHILD OF A DESERT LION AND THAT SPHINX THAT WATCHES THE PYRAMIDS SHE WAS MORE MYSTICAL THAN WOMAN
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