Arthur Clement Hilton

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

    Even an extraordinary policeman seems a strange suitor for an operatic soprano. Does he sing?
    Eric Taylor, and Leroux. Arthur Lubin. M. Villeneuve (Frank Puglia)

    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)