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"The first white hill still glistens
Beneath the moonlit skies;
As on the night of Christmas
Untrod it sleeping lies,
A new born year is waiting
To meet the early dawn:
And whisper this to all the world,
Another Christmas gone."
- Judith Flanders
"...the bards and harpers assembled in ancient days at this time of wassail... the tale and the song are amongst the spirits that wait on Christmas still, and charm the long winter evenings with their yet undiminished spells."
The Book of Christmas | Hervey (1888)
#GothicAdvent
"Yule is the tide of specters..."
The Transplanted Ghost: A Christmas Story | Wallace Irwin (1921)
#FaustianFriday #GothicAdvent
🖼️detail of Souls on the Banks of the Acheron by Adolf Hirschl (c 1898)
In The Book of Were-Wolves, it's said the "wild primeval men" gave a voice to the sky's howling wind, believing it belonged to night-hounds or monstrous wolves, "racing over the country in the darkness of the winter night, ravening for prey."
🖼️Wierusz-Kowalski (c 1880)
@Kerria I'm an eloquent trash panda 🦝🖤
🖼️Kim Ferreira | https://t.co/F5YnwylA6y
Merry Christmas, Time has no meaning - Gentle fir needles and red pine, comforting outdoor woods on a brisk December night.
It’s beginning to look a lot like [REDACTED] - Glidingly smooth Fresh pen ink, warm Vetiver and red leaves
@MaeneSigne Same, though I'd still probably rather watch the noisy cat party than attend, so long as they're not offended of course *perpetual wallflower* 😶
"I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep..."
- Frost
#WIP Long way to go on this one, but it's a start 💙