Oh - and the darkness grew intolerable,
And as I looked down the long, low corridor
I felt another horror, unfelt before.
There was no light there -- but may-be the flames of Hell
Cast shadows darker than darkness -- palpable --
It did not walk, yet crept not on the floor,
And my soul froze within me to the core.
It touched me and It spake -- hoe It spake I cannot tell.
Yea, and it spake to me thus mockingly:
"Resist me not, with me there is no strife,
Dids't thou not call upon me, I am come
To be the Guardian Angel of thine home,
To be a light to lighten all thy life
Henceforth we will dwell together, thou and I."