WF S645 .R43 1923
The Red Moon
First published in Weird Tales, July–August 1923 (vol. 2, no. 1). Poem.
United States public domain. Held in the Reading Room of The Weird Library. Published by Weird Tales.
The hills, a-throng with swarthy pine,
Press up the pale and hollow sky,
And the squat cypresses on high
Reach from the lit horizon-line.
They reach, they reach, with gnarled hands—
Malignant hags, obscene and dark—
While the red moon, a demons'-ark,
Is borne along the mystic lands.