Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE
Balonia.
Palace of Light, North Tower. Fourth Moon ,
O
INCREDIBLE mutation of human affairs
I One month ago I was an orphan
child, laboring unknown and uncared for
in a lonely forest. Now I am the daughter
of a queen, in a marble palace, attended by
slaves, looking out from the midst of sumptuous
appointments upon the splendors of
the richest city in the world. Day is just
breaking--the hour when we were wont to
commence our daily toil, that we might rest
through the hot and drowsy hour of noontide.
But here night is turned into day, and
in the glare of ten thousand lamps feasting
and revelry fill up the passing hours. I have
just returned from such a scene; but before
sleep seals mine eyes I must record the
events of the last few fateful days.
After Hesperus left me in the cypressgrove,
I turned away and wandered alone
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