Then they melted the statue in a furnace , and the Mayor held a meeting of the Corporation to decide what was to be done with the metal . `` We must have another statue , of course , '' he said , `` and it shall be a statue of myself . '' `` Of myself , '' said each of the Town Councillors , and they quarrelled . When I last heard of them they were quarrelling still . `` What a strange thing ! '' said the overseer of the workmen at the foundry . `` This broken lead heart will not melt in the furnace . We must throw it away . '' So they threw it on a dust-heap where the dead Swallow was also lying . `` Bring me the two most precious things in the city , '' said God to one of His Angels ; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird . `` You have rightly chosen , '' said God , `` for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore , and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me . '' THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE `` She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses , '' cried the young Student ; `` but in all my garden there is no red rose . '' From her nest in the holm-oak tree the Nightingale heard him , and she looked out through the leaves , and wondered . `` No red rose in all my garden ! '' he cried , and his beautiful eyes filled with tears . `` Ah , on what little things does happiness depend ! I have read all that the wise men have written , and all the secrets of philosophy are mine , yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched . '' `` Here at last is a true lover , '' said the Nightingale . `` Night after night have I sung of him , though I knew him not : night after night have I told his story to the stars , and now I see him . His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom , and his lips are red as the rose of his desire ; but passion has made his face like pale ivory , and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow . ''
`` The Prince gives a ball to-morrow XXXXX , '' murmured the young Student , `` and my love will be of the company .
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