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City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems

While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 1903 edition, varying as it does in selection from the edition of the same name published during his lifetime, provides a representative look at what has come to be known as his best works. The title poem is a horror-laced journey through depths that are surface level supernatural and at their heart an exploration of depression and atheist existential crisis. Subsequent works turn personal struggles (such as chronic insomnia) into pure art and praise poets that have gone before. - Summary by MoonLylith

Year of Publication: 1903Genres: Gothic Fiction , Single author

Running Time: 03 hours 33 minutes 40 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Front matter. Proem. The City of Dreadful Night Parts 1-10 MoonLylith	45:09
2	The City of Dreadful Night Parts 11-21 MoonLylith	42:36
3	To our ladies of death MoonLylith	17:43
4	Insomnia MoonLylith	21:52
5	He Heard Her Sing MoonLylith	20:55
6	In the Room MoonLylith	12:46
7	A Voice from the Nile MoonLylith	15:07
8	The Poet and his Muse MoonLylith	11:16
9	Mater Tenebrarum MoonLylith	3:54
10	L'Ancien Régime MoonLylith	5:07
11	The Sleeper MoonLylith	5:56
12	On a Broken Pipe MoonLylith	0:42
13	Day MoonLylith	0:55
14	Night MoonLylith	1:16
15	William Blake MoonLylith	1:17
16	E.B.B. MoonLylith	1:56
17	The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old MoonLylith	1:34
18	Song MoonLylith	1:49
19	A Requiem MoonLylith	1:50