gutenberg_org, "Once when the gods were young and only Their swarthy servant Time was without age, the gods lay sleeping by a broad river upon earth."
Time and the Gods (1906)Lord Dunsany was born #OTD in 1878. "Time and the Gods", his second book, is considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. via @wikipedia
Books by Lord Dunsany at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2685