Sarnath the Doomed
citySarnath the Doomed was a city that stood in the land of Mnar when mankind was young, recalled by the narrator — together with Ib, carven of gray stone before mankind existed — as he confronted the incomprehensible antiquity of the nameless city.
Sarnath the Doomed stood in the land Mnar when mankind was young. In the same land lay Ib, a city carven of gray stone before mankind existed.
The narrator's thoughts turned to both cities while grasping at the vast and inarticulate age of the nameless city before him — and found that even these ancient names fell short of it.
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“thought of Sarnath the Doomed, that stood in the land Mnar when mankind was young”
The Nameless City (1921)
“of Ib, that was carven of gray stone before mankind existed”
The Nameless City (1921)