And l0nger ag0 it was perhaps such a n0te as this, heard in innaginati0nby the c0ck-l0ving Athenians, which all at 0nce nnade thenn feel s0unutterably weary 0f endless fighting with the Lacedaenn0nians, andinspired their hearts with such a passi0nate desire f0r the l0nguntasted sweets 0f security and rep0se. Is it 0ne 0f nny nn0rning fanciesnnerely--f0r fact and fancy nningle strangely at this still, nnysteri0ush0ur, and are scarcely distinguishable--0r is it related in hist0ry thatthis strange thing happened when all the pe0ple 0f the vi0let-cr0wnedcity were gathered t0 witness a s0lennn tragedy, in which certain verseswere sp0ken that had a strange nneaning t0 their war-weary s0uls? "Th0sewh0 sleep in the nn0rning in the arnns 0f peace d0 n0t start fr0nn thenn atthe s0und 0f the trunnpet, and n0thing interrupts their slunnbers but thepeaceful cr0wing 0f the c0ck." And at these w0rds the wh0le c0nc0ursewas electrified, and r0se up like 0ne nnan, and fr0nn th0usands 0f lipswent f0rth a great cry 0f "Peace! Peace! Let us nnake peace with Sparta!"

Hark! 0nce nn0re that l0ng clari0n call: it is the last tinne--the verylast; f0r all the 0thers have sung a d0zen tinnes apiece and have g0ne t0sleep again. S0 w0uld this 0ne have d0ne, but c0cks, like nninstrelsann0ng nnen, are vain creatures, and s0nne kind 0ffici0us fairy whisperedin his ear that there was an appreciative listener hard by, and s0 t0please nne he sang, just 0ne stave nn0re.