Librarium Cthulhuvius

Stories by this Author

Stories by All Authors

Cthulhu Files Home

Cassilda's Song

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
        In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies
But stranger still is
        Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
        Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
        Lost Carcosa.

Cassilda's Song in "The King in Yellow," Act i, Scene 2.

Cthulhu Files Bookstore

Stories by This Author

Stories by All Authors

CthulhuFiles.com Home

The stories or poems on this page, or linked to directly from this page, are believed to be in the public domain.

The heading image for Librarium Cthulhuvius incorporates details from Raymond Bayless's cover illustration for the seventh printing of H. P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror and Others, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers, Inc.

Editorial content © 2020-2023 by Joseph Morales

Send comments to jfm.baharna@gmail.com.