THE CONQUEROR WORM by edgar allen poe |
Lo! 'tis a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theatre, to see A play of hopes and fears, While the orchestra...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:26:00 GMT |
THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY by edgar allen poe |
What o'clock is it? Old Saying. EVERYBODY knows, in a general way, that the finest place in the world isor, alas, wasthe Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss. Yet as it lies some distance from...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:28:00 GMT |
THE COLISEUM by edgar allen poe |
Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centuries of pomp and power! At lengthat lengthafter so many days Of weary pilgrimage and burning thirst, ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:25:00 GMT |
THE CITY IN THE SEAby edgar allen poe |
Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down within the dim West, Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best Have gone to their eternal rest. There shri...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:16:00 GMT |
BON-BON by edgar allen poe |
Quand un bon vin meuble mon estomac Je suis plus savant que Balzac- Plus sage que Pibrac; Mon brass seul faisant l'attaque De la nation Coseaque, La mettroit au sac; De Charon je passerois le la...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:11:00 GMT |
BRIDAL BALLAD by edgar allen poe |
The ring is on my hand, And the wreath is on my brow; Satin and jewels grand Are all at my command, And I am happy now. And my lord he loves me well; But, when first he breathed his vow, I fe...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:13:00 GMT |
THE BELLS by edgar allen 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 stars that oversprinkle ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:10:00 GMT |
THE ASSIGNATION by edgar allen poe |
Stay for me there! I will not fail To meet thee in that hollow vale. [Exequy on the death of his wife, by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester.] ILL-FATED and mysterious man! --bewildered in the b...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:08:00 GMT |
Annabell Lee by edgar allen 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 other thought Than to love and ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:07:00 GMT |
Alone by edgar allen poe |
From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could n...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:02:00 GMT |
