Over the edge of the purple down,
Where the single lamplight gleams,
Know ye the road to the Merciful Town
That is hard by the Sea of Dreams –
Where the poor may lay their wrongs away,
And the sick may forget to weep?
But we – pity us! Oh, pity us!
We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day –
Back from the City of Sleep!
Weary they turn from the scroll and crown,
Fetter and prayer and plough –
They that go up to the Merciful Town,
For her gates are closing now.
It is their right in the Baths of Night
Body and soul to steep,
But we – pity us! ah, pity us!
We wakeful; oh, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day –
Back from the City of Sleep!
Over the edge of the purple down,
Ere the tender dreams begin,
Look – we may look – at the Merciful Town,
But we may not enter in!
Outcasts all, from her guarded wall
Back to our watch we creep:
We – pity us! ah, pity us!
We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We that go back with Policeman Day –
Back from the City of Sleep!
(The City of Sleep by Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936)
Details:
Hair: No Match: No Other, Hello Tuesday
Shoes: Hilly Haalan: Lila Pumps, Hello Tuesday
Shirt: Ricielli: Anika, Hello Tuesday
Lipstick: Glam Affair: Medison, Catwa, SET 4, Kustom9 gacha
Eyebrows: Oo Yuki: Vor Brows 04, Catwa, Kustom9 gacha
Skirt: Entice: My Happy Ending, Black, Tres Chic
Earrings: Slackgirl: Viper, Designer Circle gift
Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Tessie, chestnut, omega, Designer Circle gift
Eyes: Inkheart: Soul, Mandala Blue, World Tour 2017 hunt
Nails: La Boheme: Imbolc, Skin Fair gift
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own
Pose: IOS: Aishka Pose 2 R, old Color Me
Location: Ocho Tango Place
Windlight: region
