FLASHES OF MADNESS — V

by Alexander Search · 12-1905
Published 01/07/1905

FLASHES OF MADNESS


V.


My child, I see thine eyes upon

A shadow, as cast by the wings

When a swift bird passes close by

The castle-window before the sun:

So through thy glance the shadows fly...


The souls of things dead and bygone

Haunt the appearances of living things

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