by Lord Dunsany

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1. Toldees, Mondath, Arizim, these are the Inner Lands…
2. From these three little kingdoms that are named the Inner Lands the young men stole constantly away…
3. Now the king of Arizim had a daughter who played with the wild wood flowers…
4. And the season of the orchard-bloom appeared…
5. Yet one more trial they made of Hilnaric’s beauty…
6. The next day Athelvok came to the palace of Arizim with the morning…
7. But he, repeating the oath that he had sworn…
8. An easy slope of loose rock went from the top of Poltarnees to the shore of the Sea…