The Dunciad in the City. Theobald sleeps with his head on the goddess's lap, with royal blue fogs surrounding him. In his dream, he goes to Hades and visits the shade of Elkannah Settle. There he sees millions of souls waiting for new bodies as their souls transmigrate. Bavius dips each soul in Lethe to make it dull before sending it to a new body. (In classical mythology, the souls of the dead were put into Lethe to forget their lives before passing on to their final reward, but these are dipped in Lethe before being born.) Elkannah Settle hails Theobald as
The Book of Lost Souls come. The Book of Lost Souls The Book of Lost Souls was an American dark fantasy comic book series published under the Icon Comics imprint, owned by Marvel Comics. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Colleen Doran. The comic follows Jonathan, a man who lived over a century ago who was transported to the 21st century during an attempted suicide. His new life involves supernatural mysteries and enigmatic characters such as a talking cat named "Mystery" and the "Dark Man", whose plans for Jonathan are unclear. Jonathan is given the power to "save" the Lost, those