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Ebony and Crystal/Ashes of Sunset

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18974Ebony and Crystal — Ashes of SunsetClark Ashton Smith

ASHES OF SUNSET

Who fares to find the sunset ere it fly,
Turning to light and fire the further west,
Shall have the veils of twilight for his quest,
And all the falling of an ashen sky.

On lands he shall not know, the splendour lies—
A pharos on some alienated shore,
In foam and purple lost forevermore,
Where dreams are kindled in remoter eyes.