&nbsp;-------<br>|&nbsp;bookZ.ru collection<br>|-------<br>|&nbsp;&nbsp;Говард&nbsp;Филлипс&nbsp;Лавкрафт<br>|<br>|&nbsp;&nbsp;Astrophobos<br>&nbsp;-------<br><br><h3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Astrophobos<br></h3><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Midnight heaven's burning<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Through the ethereal deeps afar<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Once I watch'd with restless yearning<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An alluring aureate star;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ev'ry eve aloft returning<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gleaming nigh the Arctic Car.<br>
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mystic waves of beauty blended<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With the gorgeous golden rays<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Phantasies of bliss descended<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In a myrrh'd Elysian haze.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the lyre-born chords extended<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Harmonies of Lydian lays.<br>
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And (thought I) lies scenes of pleasure,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the free and blessed dwell,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And each moment bears a treasure,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Freighted with the lotos-spell,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And there floats a liquid measure<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From the lute of Israfel.<br>
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There (I told myself) were shining<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Worlds of happiness unknown,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Innocence entwining<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By the Crowned Virtue's throne;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Men of light, their thoughts refining<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purer, fairer, than my own.<br>
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thus I mus'd when o'er the vision<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crept a red delirious change;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hope dissolving to derision,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beauty to distortion strange;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hymnic chords in weird collision,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Spectral sights in endless range....<br>
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crimson burn'd the star of madness<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As behind the beams I peer'd;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All was woe that seem'd but gladness<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere my gaze with Truth was sear'd;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cacodaemons, mir'd with madness,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Through the fever'd flick'ring leer'd....<br>
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now I know the fiendish fable<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The the golden glitter bore;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now I shun the spangled sable<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That I watch'd and lov'd before;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But the horror, set and stable,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Haunts my soul forevermore!<br>
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