“The City is of Night; perchance of Death,
But certainly of Night; for never there
Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath
After the dewy dawning's cold grey air.”

Part I
The City of Dreadful Night (1870–74)

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Scottish writer (1834-1882) 1834–1882

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