Part III.
[*]THE LATHE OF MORPHEUS.
Hid in a tenebrose valley veiled by the mushroom pine,
Aloof in the lathe of Morpheus—I know a sombre tomb
Engraved on its brazen portal is enchiseled this mystic sign:
“Behold thou vagrant pilgrim, dark Morphia’s Hetacomb.”
Seizing the knocker in my outstretched hand
I crashed the head athwart the leaden sign;
An answering echo wandered o’er the Land