Magnolia/Introduction

Magnolia Boudreau

“Hail, thou lord of stars unknown,

Serpent king on desert throne,
Warrior on black winds blown!
Madness-bringer, Duke of Dreams!
Hymns of praise in nighttime screams!
Source of weird and darkling dooms,
Carried forth on black-ray streams!
Master of unquiet tombs,
I call Thee from Thy outer glooms!
From They features lift the cowl!
Reveal the fairness in the foul!
From inner darkness where they dwell,
Let secret lusts uncoil and howl!
The prophecies of death and hell -
Prophecies for me to tell!
O, free my soul from custom's jail,

Immortal Set, All-Father, hail!”