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 The Coming Singer

(See pages 504, 552, 597, 816)

The Veil before the mystery of things Shall stir for him with iris and with light; Chaos shall have no terror in his sight Nor earth a bond to chafe his urgent wings; With sandals beaten from the crown of kings He shall tread down the altars of their night, And stand with Silence on her breathless height, To hear what song the star of morning sings.

With perished beauty in his hands as clay, Shall he restore futurity its dream. Behold! his feet shall take a heavenly way Of choric silver and of chanting fire, Till in his hands unshapen planets gleam, 'Mid murmurs from the Lion and the Lyre.

Thus Spake Zarathustra

(See page 779)

When Zarathustra came into the next city, which lay beside the forest, he found in that place much people gathered together in the market; for they had been called that they should see a rope-dancer. And Zarathustra spoke thus unto the people:

"I teach ye the Over-man. The man is something who shall be overcome. What have ye done to overcome him?