The her eyes as she looked to the east, dreaming 

 Children her dream. 



and the ^ ne voun S Christ sighed, but with the love 



Clan of of all love in His heart. " So shall it be till 



Peace, the day of days," He said aloud; "even so 



shall the hearts of men dwell among shadows 



and glories, in the West of passing things : even 



so shall that which is immortal turn to the 



East and watch for the coming of Joy through 



the Gates of Life." 



At the sound of His voice He heard a 

 sudden noise as of many birds, and turned and 

 looked beyond the low upland where He stood. 

 A pool of pure water lay in the hollow, fed 

 by a ceaseless wellspring, and round it and 

 over it circled birds whose breasts were grey 

 as pearl and whose necks shone purple and 

 grass-green and rose. The noise was of their 

 wings, for though the birds were beautiful they 

 were voiceless and dumb as flowers. 



At the edge of the pool stood two figures, 

 whom He knew to be of the angelic world 

 because of their beauty, but who had on them 

 the illusion of mortality so that the child did 

 not know them. But He saw that one was 

 beautiful as Night, and one beautiful as 

 Morning. 



He drew near. 



" I have lived seven years," He said, " and 

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