Every one quoted it , it was full of so many words that they could not understand . `` To-night I go to Egypt , '' said the Swallow , and he was in high spirits at the prospect . He visited all the public monuments , and sat a long time on top of the church steeple . Wherever he went the Sparrows chirruped , and said to each other , `` What a distinguished stranger ! '' so he enjoyed himself very much . When the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince . `` Have you any commissions for Egypt ? '' he cried ; `` I am just starting . '' `` Swallow , Swallow , little Swallow , '' said the Prince , `` will you not stay with me one night longer ? '' `` I am waited for in Egypt , '' answered the Swallow . `` To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract . The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes , and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon . All night long he watches the stars , and when the morning star shines he utters one cry of joy , and then he is silent . At noon the yellow lions come down to the water 's edge to drink . They have eyes like green beryls , and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract . `` Swallow , Swallow , little Swallow , '' said the Prince , `` far away across the city I see a young man in a garret . He is leaning over a desk covered with papers , and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets . His hair is brown and crisp , and his lips are red as a pomegranate , and he has large and dreamy eyes . He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre , but he is too cold to write any more . There is no fire in the grate , and hunger has made him faint . ''
`` I will wait with you one XXXXX longer , '' said the Swallow , who really had a good heart .
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