common being. And when, by-and-by, the woodcutter added a song of his own
to the song his axe made, the illusion was not lost, but rather
heightened; for it, too, was part of the unassuming pride of nature,
childlike in its simplicity, primeval in its suggestion and expression.
The song had a soft monotony, swinging backwards and forwards to the
waving axe like the pendulum of a clock. It began with a low humming, as
one could think man made before he heard the Voice which taught him how
to speak. And then came the words:

"None shall stand in the way of the lord,
The lord of the Earth--of the rivers and trees,
Of the cattle and fields and vines!
Hew!
Here shall I build me my cedar home,
A city with gates, a road to the sea
For I am the lord of the Earth!
Hew! Hew!
Hew and hew, and the sap of the tree
Shall be yours, and your bones shall be strong,
Shall be yours, and your heart shall rejoice,
Shall be yours, and the city be yours,
And the key of its gates be the key
Of the home where your little ones dwell.
Hew and be strong! Hew and rejoice!
For man is the lord of the Earth,
And God is the Lord over all!"

And so long as the little city stands will this same wood-cutter's name
and history stand also. He had camped where it stood now, when nothing
was there save the wild duck in the reeds, the antelopes upon the hills,