William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – 19 April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction, and sci ...
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dedication
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to his novel
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
''The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"'' is a horror novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1907.Keith Neilson, in Frank N. Magill (ed.), ''Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature'', Volume One. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Pres ...
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Script
''People may say thou art no longer young''
''And yet, to me, thy youth was yesterday,''
''A yesterday that seems''
''Still mingled with my dreams.''
''Ah! how the years have o'er thee flung''
''Their soft mantilla, grey.''
''And e'en to them thou art not over old;''
''How could'st thou be! Thy hair''
''Hast scarcely lost its deep old glorious dark:''
''Thy face is scarcely lined. No mark''
''Destroys its calm serenity. Like gold''
''Of evening light, when winds scarce stir,''
''The soul-light of thy face is pure as prayer.''