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AUTUMN EQUINOX.
The clouds build black a giant hall,
'Round which the winds like madmen stride,
Wild voices call from wall to wall,
And earth is tossed from side to side.
'Round which the winds like madmen stride,
Wild voices call from wall to wall,
And earth is tossed from side to side.
Fury and Madness meet at board,
And sit at feast. Anon they rise,
And thunderous sword smites thunderous sword,
And each one by the other dies.
And sit at feast. Anon they rise,
And thunderous sword smites thunderous sword,
And each one by the other dies.
Then suddenly a crimson hand
Hurls wide a window, deep as doom,
At which a Demon takes his stand,
Burning within a burning room.
Hurls wide a window, deep as doom,
At which a Demon takes his stand,
Burning within a burning room.
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The casement slowly closes down,
And leaves a crack at which appear
Two windy lights that glare and frown,
And seem the bloodshot eyes of Fear.
And leaves a crack at which appear
Two windy lights that glare and frown,
And seem the bloodshot eyes of Fear.
The sun is gone; and from the East
There comes a dripping step and lamp—
The wind's wild maunderings have ceased;
The moon looks down on dew and damp.
There comes a dripping step and lamp—
The wind's wild maunderings have ceased;
The moon looks down on dew and damp.
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