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作词 : Howard Phillips Lovecraft
作曲 : Radix
It is now clear to me that any literary merit
I have is confined to of dream-life,
strange shadows, and cosmic "outsideness".
I have no illusions concerning
the precarious status of my tales,
and do not expect to become a serious
competitor of my favourite weird authors
Poe, Arthur Machen, Dunsany.
The only thing I can say
in favour of my work is its sincerity.
I refuse to follow the mechanical
conventions of popular fiction
to fill my tales with stock characters
and situations,
but insist on reproducing real moods
and impressions in the best way I can command.
The result may be poor,
but I had rather keep aiming
at serious literary expression
than accept the artificial
standards of cheap romance.
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- 作词 : Howard Phillips Lovecraft
作曲 : Radix
It is now clear to me that any literary merit
I have is confined to of dream-life,
strange shadows, and cosmic "outsideness".
I have no illusions concerning
the precarious status of my tales,
and do not expect to become a serious
competitor of my favourite weird authors
Poe, Arthur Machen, Dunsany.
The only thing I can say
in favour of my work is its sincerity.
I refuse to follow the mechanical
conventions of popular fiction
to fill my tales with stock characters
and situations,
but insist on reproducing real moods
and impressions in the best way I can command.
The result may be poor,
but I had rather keep aiming
at serious literary expression
than accept the artificial
standards of cheap romance.
