Tower at the Edge of the World

"In the days when the earth was not yet round but had a beginning and an end, a splendid tower could be seen at the furthermost edge of the world. During the daytime an endless procession of clouds floated slowly past out there in the void under the eye of the sun. At night, the tower shone out and competed with the Northern Lights and the stars over the void, for it was a tower of light ..."--