And there to be a space of silence, and again the silence to be
broken by a far sound; and there to come again from beyond the far
Hills of the Babes a strange and low sound, and did be as of a wind
wandering through damp forests. And the sound grew, and came across
the Hills of the Babes, and did be breathed forth by Million after
Million, so that in a little I to hear the Song of Weeping sung
very low and sorrowful by the multitudes. And the Song came onward
over all that great Country, and past over us, and went onward into
the far Land beyond the Dome, and did be caught by the voices of
Millions that did be hid in great distances, and so to go onward
forever, and to die at last unto a mighty silence.
And the Master Monstruwacan lookt at me from the feet of Mine
Own Maid, an
