The Messenger

"The Messenger" is a short poem by the late American author H. P. Lovecraft.
==Synopsis==
The two verses describe the unnamed narrator's wait for an unknown "thing" to come upon him at 3 o'clock in the morning.
==Publication History==
"The Messenger" was first published in the July 1938 edition of pulp magazine Weird Tales. It has since seen inclusion in a number of works, both anthologies and periodicals.
==Trivia==
*Although not seeing print until after Lovecraft's death, "The Messenger" was written in 1929 and was dedicated to Providence Journal columnist Bernard K. Hart in response to a playful article written on Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu".
*The poem mentions the Elder Sign, although in this context it appears to be a device used to call set free dark entities rather than contain them.
== Music ==
In 2008, russian horror-punk band Korol i Shut (Король и Шут) released the song "Вестник" ("The Messenger"), n the album "Тень клоуна" ("Shadow of the Clown").
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