The Weird Works of Robert E Howard - Wings in the Night Part 11

*MOONLIGHT ON A SKULL*

*Weird Tales, May 1933*

_Golden goats on a hillside black,_ _Silken gown on a wharf-side trull,_ _Screaming girl on a silver rack -- _ _What are dreams in a shadowed skull?_ _I stood at a shrine and Chiron died,_ _A woman laughed from the purple roofs,_ _And he burned and lived and rose in his pride_ _And shattered the tiles with clanging hoofs._ _I opened a volume dark and rare,_ _I lighted a candle of mystic lore -- _ _Bare feet throbbed on the outer stair_ _And book and candle sank to the floor._ _s.h.i.+ps that reel on the windy sea,_ _Lovers that take the world to wife,_ _What may the Traitress hold for me_ _Who scarce have lifted the veil of life?_

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