THE KING IN YELLOW

BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Original publication date: 1895

THE KING IN YELLOW IS DEDICATED TO MY BROTHER

CONTENTS

THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS

THE MASK

THE COURT OF THE DRAGON

THE YELLOW SIGN

THE DEMOISELLE D’YS

THE PROPHETS’ PARADISE

THE STREET OF THE FOUR WINDS

THE STREET OF THE FIRST SHELL

THE STREET OF OUR LADY OF THE FIELDS

RUE BARRÉE

“Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”

Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow,” Act i, Scene 2.

THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS