ALCMAN。Themountainpinnaclesslumber；valleys，cragsandcavesaresilent。

　　“LISTENtome。”saidtheDemonasheplacedhishanduponmyhead。

　　“TheregionofwhichIspeakisadrearyregioninLibya，bythebordersoftheriverZaire。Andthereisnoquietthere，norsilence。

　　“Thewatersoftheriverhaveasaffronandsicklyhue；andtheyflownotonwardstothesea，butpalpitateforeverandforeverbeneaththeredeyeofthesunwithatumultuousandconvulsivemotion。Formanymilesoneithersideoftheriver’soozybedisapaledesertofgiganticwater-lilies。Theysighoneuntotheotherinthatsolitude，andstretchtowardstheheaventheirlongandghastlynecks，andnodtoandfrotheireverlastingheads。Andthereisanindistinctmurmurwhichcomethoutfromamongthemliketherushingofsubterrenewater。Andtheysighoneuntotheother。

　　“Butthereisaboundarytotheirrealmtheboundaryofthedark，horrible，loftyforest。There，likethewavesabouttheHebrides，thelowunderwoodisagitatedcontinually。Butthereisnowindthroughouttheheaven。Andthetallprimevaltreesrocketernallyhitherandthitherwithacrashingandmightysound。Andfromtheirhighsummits，onebyone，dropeverlastingdews。Andattherootsstrangepoisonousflowersliewrithinginperturbedslumber。Andoverhead，witharustlingandloudnoise，thegraycloudsrushwestwardlyforever，untiltheyroll，acataract，overthefierywallofthehorizon。Butthereisnowindthroughouttheheaven。AndbytheshoresoftheriverZairethereisneitherquietnorsilence。

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