Read "A Sunset" at The Eldritch Dark:
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/558/a-sunset-%28far%29
This poem from Clark Ashton Smith (CAS) was originally written in French as "Un Couchant", and represented CAS' first complete poem written in a language other than his native English.
The English version is considerably less lush in description than is typical of CAS' poetry:
The shadows of night, beyond the water,
Nest without noise in the cypress
With the tired and heavy raven.
The impressionistic nature of the language makes for a much different reading experience than one usually gets from CAS' poetry, but it is certainly not unrewarding, and represents an interesting new phase in the author's creative growth.
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