The Caldron . s,Venomously evil and revengefulAs though to vindicate some heinous crimeAnd illuminate the skies; the palaceStands in silhouetted darkness like anUncommunicative Sphinx ; grotesque shapesEvolve themselves and distorted facesSeem to taunt and mock the sombre shadowsLurking in their depths. It would seem as thoughGrinning demons with their fiendish de-lightWere dancing in frenzied hilarityAbout the fire; my brain is seethingWith morbid conjectures that produce suchStrange and terrifyingly fancifulDelusions of the : Nay, my lord, they come not of yourfancy—They

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The Caldron . s,Venomously evil and revengefulAs though to vindicate some heinous crimeAnd illuminate the skies; the palaceStands in silhouetted darkness like anUncommunicative Sphinx ; grotesque shapesEvolve themselves and distorted facesSeem to taunt and mock the sombre shadowsLurking in their depths. It would seem as thoughGrinning demons with their fiendish de-lightWere dancing in frenzied hilarityAbout the fire; my brain is seethingWith morbid conjectures that produce suchStrange and terrifyingly fancifulDelusions of the : Nay, my lord, they come not of yourfancy—They are not the phantasmagoriaOf a pre-occupied and worried mind,But the evil spirits that attend allUnnatural and self-imposed deaths. Lo,A funereal jiall seems to bestowIts mournful mastery oer the to turn their thoughts into a com-monChannel of commensurate move as those bereaved in times of weeping to display their emotionsr(Others praying to the great gods on high. The. CALDRON

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