Clark Ashton Smith

“ Each wonderful as some cloud-fantasy.
Thou looseneth the bodage of the years,
Making the spirit free
Of all sublunar joys and fears.
Who mounts on thine imperious wings shall see
The ways of life as threads of day and night ”

“ For Beauty borders nigh
The ultimate, eternal Verities.
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