REH’s Writings

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Forbidden Magic

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There came to me a Man one summer nightWhen all the world lay silent in the stars,And moonlight crossed my room with ghostly bars.It whispered hints of weird, unhallowed sight;

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Finished / professionalForbidden Magic

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