The and the star within the darkness, in her womb. 



Sea-Spell. At moonrise she came to Murias, by the shores 

 of the ocean. There she saw nothing but a 

 wandering light. So she stooped, and lifted a 

 wave of the sea and hid it in her blood. And 

 when Eve was come again to Adam, she gave 

 him the flame she had found in Gorias, and the 

 spear of light she had found in Finias. ' In 

 ■ Falias,' she said, * I found that which I cannot 

 give, but the darkness I have hidden shall be 

 your darkness, and the star shall be your star.' 

 'Tell me what you found in Murias by the 

 sea ? ' asked Adam. ' Nothing,' answered Eve. 

 But Adam knew that she lied. 'I saw a 

 wandering light,' she said. He sighed, and 

 believed. But Eve kept the wave of the sea 

 hidden in her blood. So has it been that a 

 multitude of women have been homeless as 

 the wave, and their heritage salt as the sea : 

 and that some among their sons and daughters 

 have been possessed by that vain cold fire, and 

 that inappeasable trouble, and the restlessness 

 of water. So it is that to the end of time 

 some shall have the salt sea in the blood, 

 and the troubled wave in the heart, and be 

 homeless. 



But thoughts like these, legends like these, 

 are for the twilight hour, or for the silent 

 people who live in isles and remote places. 



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