"under heavy loads of trampled clay lie bodies"

[eldritchhobbit]

We're beginning the last full week of the Halloween countdown, and I've saved some favorites to share with you in the coming days.

Here's a meme to start your Monday:

Your Personal Ghost Story
LJ Username
Favorite Halloween Film
The details of your death	will inspire dozens of conspiracy theory websites
Who will eulogize you in the press?	gypsyjr
Your ghost will be associated with	the smell of a Starbucks mochaccino
Who'll write the book on your hauntings?	caster121
Your favorite trick as a ghost	will drive mere mortals insane
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Today's text is the eerie "Oil and Blood" by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939):

In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli
Bodies of holy men and women exude
Miraculous oil, odour of violet.

But under heavy loads of trampled clay
Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood;
Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.

Comments

[dannyboy8406.livejournal.com]

Yeats... definitely a classic and my compliments on the meme!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[savageseraph.livejournal.com]

I adore "Oil and Blood" so very, very, very much.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing? I'm glad you love it, too.

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

*checks out your music*

Me? I'm listening to the CryptKicker Five. *G*

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

LOL! *hugs*