The Vampire A lily in a twilight place? A moonflow’r in the lonely night?— Strange beauty of a woman’s face Of wildflow’r-white! The rain that hangs a star’s green ray Slim on a leaf-point’s restlessness, Is not so glimmering green… Read More ›
poetry
“Incantation” by George Parsons Lathrop
When the leaves, by thousands thinned, A thousand times have whirled in the wind, And the moon, with hollow cheek Staring from her hollow height, Consolation seems to seek From the dim, reechoing night; And the fog-streaks dead and white… Read More ›
“Haunted Houses” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Haunted Houses All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Through the open doors The harmless phantoms on their errands glide, With feet that make no sound upon the floors. We meet them at the door-way, on… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 