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Lo, thus, as prostrate, "In the dust I write My heart's deep languor and my soul's sad tears." Yet why evoke the spectres of black night To blot the sunshine of exultant years? Why disinter dead faith from mouldering hidden? Why break the seals of mute despair unbidden, And wail... Read Full Overview

The City of Dreadful Night is a collection of poems written by Scottish poet James Thomson. The book was first published in 1880 and is considered one of the most significant works of Victorian poetry. The poems are set in a dark and desolate city, where the narrator is lost... Read Full Overview

In this haunting long poem from the latter part of the nineteenth century, Scots-born writer James Thomson anticipated the modern age's nightmare vision of the city as a place of loneliness, alienation and spiritual despair.

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The City of Dreadful Night is a poem written by Scottish poet James Thomson, first published in 1874. The poem is a dark and melancholic exploration of the human condition, focusing on the theme of existential despair. It is set in a fictional city, which is a metaphor for the... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview