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==Description== | |||
A white marble statue of a 19th century figure flecked by pigeon droppings. Its neglect by municipal maintenance has turned it almost completely grey on its windward side. The small fissures and natural lines of the marble stand out black with ground-in dirt. The man reads from an unravelled scroll, frozen in a long-since irrelevant declaration. | |||
A white marble statue of a 19th century figure flecked by | |||
==History== | |||
Although the relevant local archives are not conclusive (and have in any case been chewed on by hungry zombies), it is thought that the figure represents local poet Wilbert Woolf, best known for his poem ''Ode to Melancholy'', of which these are the only surviving (and strangely prescient) lines: | |||
''"O! Melancholy! Torment of my [[Brain Rot|fevered mind]]!'' | |||
<br>''How thou dost [[Infectious Bite|gnaw]] 'pon my poor soul!'' | |||
<br>''Thy [[Tangling Grasp|grasp]] entangles me, thy [[Rend Flesh|claws]] leave me blind! | |||
<br>''I am left as low as a man down a very deep hole:'' | |||
<br>''Perhaps something like a mineshaft, and just as dark."'' | |||
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Description
A white marble statue of a 19th century figure flecked by pigeon droppings. Its neglect by municipal maintenance has turned it almost completely grey on its windward side. The small fissures and natural lines of the marble stand out black with ground-in dirt. The man reads from an unravelled scroll, frozen in a long-since irrelevant declaration.
History
Although the relevant local archives are not conclusive (and have in any case been chewed on by hungry zombies), it is thought that the figure represents local poet Wilbert Woolf, best known for his poem Ode to Melancholy, of which these are the only surviving (and strangely prescient) lines:
"O! Melancholy! Torment of my fevered mind!
How thou dost gnaw 'pon my poor soul!
Thy grasp entangles me, thy claws leave me blind!
I am left as low as a man down a very deep hole:
Perhaps something like a mineshaft, and just as dark."