Clark Ashton Smith

“ We have seen the darkness
Where charnel things decay,
Where atom moves with atom
In shining swift array,
Like ordered constellations
On some sidereal way.
We have seen fair colors
That dwell not in the light—
Intenser gold and iris
Occult and recondite ”

“ We have seen the black suns
Pouring forth the night.
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