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1OldSarge
I just received a copy of The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H.P. Lovecraft edited by S.T. Joshi.
It's not all horror or Cthulhu mythos, but being a fan of Lovecraft I had to have it.
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In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd
Eternal brood the shadows on this ground,
Dreaming of centuries that have gone before;
Great elms rise solemnly by slab and mound,
Arch'd high above a hidden world of yore.
Round all the scene a hidden memory plays,
And dead leaves whisper of departed days,
Longing for sights and sounds that are no more.
Lonely and sad, a spectre glides along
Aisles where of old his living footsteps fell;
No common glance discerns him, tho' his song
Peals down thro' time with a mysterious spell:
Only the few who sorcery's secret know
Espy amidst these tombs the shadow of Poe.
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On The Thing in the Woods by Harper Williams
BELKNAP, accept from Theobald's spectral Claw
These haunting Chapters of daemoniack Awe;
Such nightmare Yarns we both have often writ,
With goblin Whispers, and an Hint of IT,
Till sure, we're like to think all Terror's grown
A sort of private Product of our own!
Lest, then, our Pride our sober Sense mislead,
And make us copyright each hellish Deed,
'Tis ours to see what ghastly Flames can blaze
From Spooks and Ghouls that other Wizards raise!
It's not all horror or Cthulhu mythos, but being a fan of Lovecraft I had to have it.
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In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd
Eternal brood the shadows on this ground,
Dreaming of centuries that have gone before;
Great elms rise solemnly by slab and mound,
Arch'd high above a hidden world of yore.
Round all the scene a hidden memory plays,
And dead leaves whisper of departed days,
Longing for sights and sounds that are no more.
Lonely and sad, a spectre glides along
Aisles where of old his living footsteps fell;
No common glance discerns him, tho' his song
Peals down thro' time with a mysterious spell:
Only the few who sorcery's secret know
Espy amidst these tombs the shadow of Poe.
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On The Thing in the Woods by Harper Williams
BELKNAP, accept from Theobald's spectral Claw
These haunting Chapters of daemoniack Awe;
Such nightmare Yarns we both have often writ,
With goblin Whispers, and an Hint of IT,
Till sure, we're like to think all Terror's grown
A sort of private Product of our own!
Lest, then, our Pride our sober Sense mislead,
And make us copyright each hellish Deed,
'Tis ours to see what ghastly Flames can blaze
From Spooks and Ghouls that other Wizards raise!

