Ebony and Crystal Poems in Verse and Prose

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ARABESQUE

BEYOND THE GREAT WALL

TO OMAR KHAYYAM

STRANGENESS

THE INFINITE QUEST

ROSA MYSTICA

THE NEREID

IN SATURN

IMPRESSION

TRIPLE ASPECT

DESOLATION

THE ORCHID

A FRAGMENT

CREPUSCLE

INFERNO

MIRRORS

BELATED LOVE

THE ABSENCE OF THE MUSE

DISSONANCE

TO NORMA MAY FRENCH

IN LEMURIA

RECOMPENSE

EXOTIQUE

TRANSCENDENCE

SATIETY

THE MINISTERS OF LAW

COLDNESS

THE DESERT GARDEN

THE CRUCIFIXION OF EROS

THE EXILE

AVE ATQUE VALE

SOLUTION

THE TEARS OF LILITH

A PRECEPT

REMEMBERED LIGHT

SONG

HAUNTING

THE HIDDEN PARADISE

CLEOPATRA

ECSTASY

UNION

PSALM

IN NOVEMBER

SYMBOLS

THE HASHISH-EATER; or, THE APOCALYPSE OF EVIL

THE SORROW OF THE WINDS

ARTEMIS

LOVE IS NOT YOURS, LOVE IS NOT MINE

THE CITY IN THE DESERT

THE MELANCHOLY POOL

THE MIRRORS OF BEAUTY

WINTER MOONLIGHT

TO THE BELOVED

REQUIESCAT

MIRAGE

INHERITANCE

AUTUMNAL

CHANT OF AUTUMN

ECHO OF MEMNON

TWILIGHT ON THE SNOW

IMAGE

THE REFUGE OF BEAUTY

NIGHTMARE

THE MUMMY

FORGETFULNESS

FLAMINGOES

THE CHIMAERA

SATAN UNREPENTANT

THE ABYSS TRIUMPHANT

THE MOTES

THE MEDUSA OF DESPAIR

LAUS MORTIS

THE GHOUL AND THE SERAPH

AT SUNRISE

THE LAND OF EVIL STARS

THE HARLOT OF THE WORLD

THE HOPE OF THE INFINITE

LOVE MALEVOLENT

PALMS

MEMNON AT MIDNIGHT

EIDOLON

THE KINGDOM OF SHADOWS

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

ALEXANDRINES

ASHES OF SUNSET

NOVEMBER TWILIGHT

SEPULTURE

QUEST

BEAUTY IMPLACABLE

A VISION OF LUCIFER

DESIRE OF VASTNESS

ANTICIPATION

A PSALM TO THE BEST BELOVED

THE WITCH IN THE GRAVEYARD

POEMS IN PROSE

THE TRAVELLER

THE FLOWER-DEVIL

IMAGES

THE BLACK LAKE

VIGNETTES

A DREAM OF LETHE

THE CARAVAN

THE PRINCESS ALMEENA

ENNUI

THE STATUE OF SILENCE

REMOTENESS

THE MEMNONS OF THE NIGHT

THE GARDEN AND THE TOMB

IN COCAIGNE

THE LITANY OF THE SEVEN KISSES

FROM A LETTER

FROM THE CRYPTS OF MEMORY

A PHANTASY

THE DEMON, THE ANGEL, AND BEAUTY

THE SHADOWS