The House of the Vampire by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK

Author:GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

In one of his morbid moods he wrote a sonnet which he showed to Reginald

after the latter's return from a short trip out of town. Reginald read

it, looking at the boy with a curious, lurking expression.

_O gentle Sleep, turn not thy face away,

But place thy finger on my brow, and take

All burthens from me and all dreams that ache;

Upon mine eyes a cooling balsam lay,

Seeing I am aweary of the day.

But, lo! thy lips are ashen and they quake.

What spectral vision sees thou that can shake

Thy sweet composure, and thy heart dismay?

Perhaps some murderer's cruel eye agleam

Is fixed upon me, or some monstrous dream

Might bring such fearful guilt upon the head

Of my unvigilant soul as would arouse

The Borgian snake from her envenomed bed,

Or startle Nero in his golden house._

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