The Wisdom Of The King
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~ tall young man in the
dun who had yellow hair, and was skilled
in ling and in training of horses;
and one day whe king walked in
the foss
and t, he heard his voice among
ters
of t said, I
e these
dingy feato your beautiful hair, and
all t throne
may sleep easy o nighe
low, musical voice he loved answered:
My beautiful like yours; and
no I hers
I my , thus, and
t casts no shadow of
terror and darkness upon my . then
t
ten understanding
tful words of s and his
men of las t he had reasoned
aude; and he
called to rembling
voice. the salley
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and prayed for pardon, and ooped
do of the
urned away
to a word. he
strode into the hall of assembly, and
s and his men
of la ood upon the dais
and spoke in a loud, clear voice: Men
of law, w
the laws of Eri ? Men of verse, why did
you make me sin against the sccrecy
of wisdom, for law was made by man
for t he
gods have made, and no man shall live by
its lig and the rain
and t is deadly
to mortal things. Men of law and men of
verse, live according to your kind, and call
Eocoo reign
over you, for I set out to find my kindred.
hem, and
dre of t one and then
anothe grey hawk,
and, tered t