Leah Bodine Drake

250px|thumb|Drake's "Whisper Water" was the cover story in the May 1953 Weird Tales Leah Bodine Drake (22 December 22 1904 – 21 November 1964) was an American poet, editor and critic. Quotes Haunted Hour The sky is colored like a peacock's breast;There lingers yet one thin, chill line of goldDown where the woods their somber branches holdIn silhouette against the fading west.Dark leaves, dark earth, slow-breathing and at rest,Whence frail scents rise of dew-wet grass and mold.A single star gleams diamond-clear and cold,Like one sharp note from elfin viol wrest.This is the haunted hour,—such woods surroundGrey Merlin in his oak, adrouse with dwale;In such a gloaming once the lorn knight found⁠The faery woman in the river-vale;And underneath this star long, long agoThe Dark Tower heard a lonely slug-horn blow! 1941, Weird Tales, Vol. 36, p. 105 External links Weird Tales, Volume 36, no. 2, issued in November/December 1941 Category:1904 births Category:1964 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:Editors from the United States Category:Critics from the United States Category:People from Kansas