The Gods of Pegana by Lord (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett) Dunsany
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among the great ones? Or when thou art angry by day regard the
distant hills, and see the calm that doth adorn their faces. Shalt thou be angry while they stand so serene? "Be not angry with men, for they are driven as thou art by Dorozhand. Do bullocks goad one another on whom the same yoke rests? "And be not angry with Dorozhand, for then thou beatest thy bare fingers against iron cliffs. "All that is is so because it was to be. Rail not, therefore, against what is, for it was all to be." And Imbaun said: "The Sun ariseth and maketh a glory about all the things that he seeth, and drop by drop he turneth the common dew to every kind of gem. And he maketh a splendour in the hills. "And also man is born. And there rests a glory about the gardens of his youth. Both travel afar to do what Dorozhand would have them do. "Soon now the sun will set, and very softly come twinkling in the stillness all the stars. "Also man dieth. And quietly about his grave will all the mourners weep. "Will not his life arise again somewhere in all the worlds? Shall he not again behold the gardens of his youth? Or does he set to |
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