One of Cleopatra's Nights, and Other Fantastic Romances
Translated by Lafcadio Hearn
ONE OF
CLEOPATRA'S NIGHTS
AND
OTHER FANTASTIC ROMANCES
BY
Theophile Gautier
PUBLISHED BY BRENTANO'S
AT UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK
1900
Copyright, 1890, by
WORTHINGTON CO.
Copyright, 1899, by
BRENTANO'S
The love that caught strange light from death's own eyes.
And filled death's lips with fiery words and sighs.
And, half asleep, let feed from veins of his
Her close, red, warm snake's-mouth, Egyptian-wise:
And that great night of love more strange than this,
When she that made the whole world's bale and bliss
Made king of the whole world's desire a slave
And killed him in mid-kingdom with a kiss.
"Memorial verses on the death of Théophile Gautier"
Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York
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