Had lived a century, then. The parent oak

From which its acorn dropped had long been dead.

But hills are hills. I never saw the sea.

Nothing has ever changed.”

I went my way.

Last, in a thousand ages I returned,

And found, once more, a City, thronged and tall,

More rich, more marvellous even than the first;

A City of pride and lust and gold and grime,

A City of clustering domes and stately towers,