“In his bleak mercy, Death forever strips The soul of light and memory, rendering blind Our vision, lest surmounted deeps appal, As when on mountain-heights a glance behind Betrays with knowledge, and the climber slips Down gulfs of fear to some enormous fall.” SoulLightDeathFallMemoriesBehindsVisionForeverMountainMercyBlindEnormousHeightSlipsBetrayGlancesBleakRenderingClimbers Author:Clark Ashton Smith
“There have been times when only a hair's-breadth has intervened betwixt myself and the seething devil-ridden world of madness; for the hideous knowledge, the horror- blackened memories which I have carried so long, were never meant to be borne by the human intellect.” WorldHumansLongHas BeensMemoriesHairHorrorDevilMadnessIntellectMeant To BeHideousBreadthSeething Author:Clark Ashton Smith
