To Mrs. Marie L Shew—— Poem
To Mrs. Marie Louise Shew—— POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Of all who hail thy presence as the morning— Of all to whom thine absence is the night— The blotting utterly from out high heaven The sacred sun—of...
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TO Mrs. Marie Louise Shew Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Not long ago, the writer of these lines, In the mad pride of intellectuality, Maintained “the power of words”—denied that ever A thought arose within...
View ArticleAn Enigma Poem
An Enigma Poem by Edgar Allan Poe “Seldom we find,” says Solomon Don Dunce, “Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet. Through all the flimsy things we see at once As easily as through a Naples bonnet—...
View ArticleEvangeline Poem
Evangeline Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Do tell when shall we make common sense men out of the owl-eyed pundits Out of The Frog-faced stupid old God-born Pundits who lost in a fog-bank Strut about all along...
View ArticleLines on Ale Poem
Lines on Ale Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Fill with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain – Quaintest thoughts – queerest...
View ArticleTo Helen I Saw Thee Once Poem
TO HELEN POEM by Edgar Allan Poe [Helen was Mrs. Whitman.] I saw thee once—once only—years ago: I must not say how many—but not many. It was a July midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon, that, like...
View ArticleThe Bells Poem
THE BELLS POEM by Edgar Allan Poe I. Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the...
View ArticleAnnabel Lee Poem
ANNABEL LEE POEM by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no...
View ArticleA Dream within a Dream Poem
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow— You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope...
View ArticleEldorado Poem
ELDORADO POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight. In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er...
View ArticleTo my Mother Poem
TO MY MOTHER POEM by Edgar Allan Poe [His Mother-in-law, Mrs. Clemm.] Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None...
View ArticleFor Annie Poem
FOR ANNIE POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Thank Heaven! the crisis— The danger is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last— And the fever called “Living” Is conquered at last. Sadly, I know I am shorn...
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