I SEE black dragons mount the sky, br I see earth yawn beneath my feet - br I feel within the asp, the worm br That will not sleep and cannot die, br Fair though may show the winding-sheet! br I hear all night as through a storm br Hoarse voices calling, calling br My name upon the wind- br All omens monstrous and appalling br Affright my guilty mind. br br I exult alone in one wild hour - br That hour in which the red cup drowns br The memories it anon renews br In ghastlier guise, in fiercer power - br Then Fancy brings me golden crowns, br And visions of all brilliant hues br Lap my lost soul in gladness, br Until I awake again, br And the dark lava-fires of madness br Once more sweep through my brain.