Excerpt from Manson's Vision: A Poem Manson's Vision Canto I My mind was burdened with a complex theme, Involving the eternal verities, And sank beneath the weight, when darkness came And on its bosom lullabied my thoughts. Becoming then oblivious of the weight, I soon was in the borderland where dreams Are born; from whence, as from a chrysalis Emerging, I became exalted to A state of super-consciousness, in which Existence was an exquisite delight, And I a bubble on an ocean of Placidity. While thus in sweet repose, I saw the conformation of a ray Of light, as when a rainbow dawns upon The clouds, which, as I gazed on it, assumed A contour and a personality. Causing me wonderment expressionless. For never on the earth had I beheld Such blended beauty, having all the hues That seem like hints of color in a shell, Glinting in playful changefulness upon A base of pearly purity; and yet So indistinct in outline as to give No thought of size but that of majesty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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