Arthur Clement Hilton

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    Is thy home European or Asian,
    O mystical monster marine?
    —Arthur Clement Hilton (1851–1877)

    O unbelievers,
    I serve not what you serve
    and you are not serving what I serve,
    nor am I serving what you have served,
    neither are you serving what I serve.
    To you your religion, and to me my religion!
    Qur’An. The Unbelievers, 109:1-5, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)

    Strange beauty, eight-limbed and eight-handed
    Whence camest to dazzle our eyes?
    —Arthur Clement Hilton (1851–1877)

    The acorn’s not yet
    Fallen from the tree
    That’s to grow the wood,
    That’s to make the cradle,
    That’s to rock the bairn,
    That’s to grow a man,
    That’s to lay me.
    —Unknown. The Cauld Lad of Hilton or, The Wandering Spectre (l. 2–8)