“Within its gates I heard the sound
Of winds in cypress caverns caught
Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought
To whisper what their roots had found.
(“A Dream of Fear”)”

— George Sterling

Source: The Thirst of Satan: Poems of Fantasy and Terror

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American poet and playwright 1869–1926

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