Ebony and Crystal

by Clark Ashton Smith

Ebony and Crystal

 

Poems in Verse and Prose

 

BY

 

CLARK ASHTON SMITH

 

AUTHOR OF

 

The Star-Treader and Other Poems
Odes and Sonnets

 

Copyright 1922
by
CLARK ASHTON SMITH

 

Printed by the
AUBURN JOURNAL
Auburn, Calif.

DEDICATION

TO

SAMUEL LOVEMAN

CONTENTS

PREFACE, by George Sterling.
POEMS
Arabesque ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		1
Beyond the Great Wall ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		2
To Omar Khayyam ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		3
Strangeness ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		5
The Infinite Quest ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		6
Rosa Mystica ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		7
The Nereid ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		8
In Saturn ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		9
Impression ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		10
Triple Aspect ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		11
Desolation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		12
The Orchid ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		13
A Fragment ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		14
Crepuscle ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		15
Inferno ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		16
Mirrors ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		17
Belated Love ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		18
The Absence of the Muse ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		19
Dissonance ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		20
To Nora May French ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		21
In Lemuria ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		24
Recompense ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		25
Exotique ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		26
Transcendence ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		27
Satiety ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		28
The Ministers of Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		29
Coldness ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		30
The Desert Garden ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		31
The Crucifixion of Eros ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		32
The Exile ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		33
Ave Atque Vale ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		34
Solution ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		35
The Tears of Lilith ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		36
A Precept ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		37
Remembered Light ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		38
Song ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		39
Haunting ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		40
The Hidden Paradise ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		41
Cleopatra ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		42
Ecstasy ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		43
Union ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		44
Psalm ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		45
In November ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		47
Symbols ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		48
The Hashish-Eater; or, the Apocalypse of Evil ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		49
The Sorrow of the Winds ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		65
Artemis ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		66
Love is Not Yours, Love is Not Mine ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		67
The City in the Desert ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		68
The Melancholy Pool ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		69
The Mirrors of Beauty ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		70
Winter Moonlight ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		71
To the Beloved ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		72
Requiescat ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		73
Mirage ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		74
Inheritance ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		75
Autumnal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		76
Chant of Autumn ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		77
Echo of Memnon ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		78
Twilight on the Snow ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		79
Image ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		80
The Refuge of Beauty ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		81
Nightmare ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		82
The Mummy ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		83
Forgetfulness ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		84
Flamingoes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		85
The Chimaera ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		86
Satan Unrepentant ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		87
The Abyss Triumphant ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		90
The Motes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		91
The Medusa of Despair ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		92
Laus Mortis ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		93
The Ghoul and the Seraph ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		94
At Sunrise ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		99
The Land of Evil Stars ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		100
The Harlot of the World ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		102
The Hope of the Infinite ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		103
Love Malevolent ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		104
Palms ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		105
Memnon at Midnight ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		106
Eidolon ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		107
The Kingdom of Shadows ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		108
Requiescat in Pace ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		110
Alexandrines ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		112
Ashes of Sunset ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		113
November Twilight ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		114
Sepulture ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		115
Quest ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		116
Beauty Implacable ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		117
A Vision of Lucifer ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		118
Desire of Vastness ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		119
Anticipation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		120
A Psalm to the Best Beloved ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		121
The Witch in the Graveyard ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		122
POEMS IN PROSE
The Traveler ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		127
The Flower-Devil ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		129
Images ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		130
The Black Lake ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		131
Vignettes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		132
A Dream of Lethe ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		134
The Caravan ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		135
The Princess Almeena ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		136
Ennui ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		137
The Statue of Silence ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		138
Remoteness ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		140
The Memnons of the Night ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		141
The Garden and the Tomb ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		142
In Cocaigne ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		143
The Litany of the Seven Kisses ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		144
From a Letter ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		145
From the Crypts of Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		146
A Phantasy ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		148
The Demon, the Angel, and Beauty ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		149
The Shadows ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		151

500 copies of Ebony and Crystal have been printed.

This is No. 283...

Clark Ashton Smith