Poemata Minora, Volume II

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Poemata Minora, Volume II (1902)
by H. P. Lovecraft

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This collection, written at the age of 11, was self-published in September 1902 with all content, including publisher's marks, drawn out in pencil. The previous collection (Volume I) is not extant.

9564Poemata Minora, Volume II1902H. P. Lovecraft

POEMATA MINORA,
OR,
MINOR
POEMS

BY
H. LOVECRAFT

VOL. II

ILLUSTRATED
EDITION

VOL I
FOR SALE
AT
25 CTS.

POEMATA · MINORA · LOVECRAFTIS ·

- VEL -

THE

SHORTER VERSE

OF

H. LOVECRAFT.

VOL. II.

ILLUSTRATED

PROVIDENCE, R.I.
THE PROVIDENCE PRESS
454 ANGELL ST.
1902

FIRST EDITION
ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS

Ode to Selene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1
To the Old Pagan Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2
On the Ruin of Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		3
To Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		4
On the Vanity of Human Ambition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		5

DEDICATION

To The
Gods, Heroes, & Ideals
of the
ANCIENTS

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED
BY
A
GREAT ADMIRER

H. LOVECRAFT.

PREFACE

I submit to the publick these idle lines, hoping they will please.

They form a sort of series with my Odyssey, Iliad, Æneid, and the like.

THE AUTHOR

454 Angell St.
Prov. R.I.

Sep. 1902.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1937, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 86 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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