The Poetical Works ...: With Memoir and VindicationW. J. Widdleton, 1876 - 190 pages |
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... engaged in literary pursuits for a while , and then suddenly disappeared to return again and disappear again , his malady of drink ever torturing him and disturbing his best endeavors . He tried to reform , joined a temperance society ...
... engaged in literary pursuits for a while , and then suddenly disappeared to return again and disappear again , his malady of drink ever torturing him and disturbing his best endeavors . He tried to reform , joined a temperance society ...
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... engaged only as a general contributor and writer of critical notices of books . " Apropos of these book reviews , Dr. Griswold dismisses them as follows : " He continued in Baltimore till September . In this period he wrote several long ...
... engaged only as a general contributor and writer of critical notices of books . " Apropos of these book reviews , Dr. Griswold dismisses them as follows : " He continued in Baltimore till September . In this period he wrote several long ...
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... engaged to one of them , whom he shortly afterwards married . On the very day of the wedding , and almost immediately after the ceremony , he was informed that the estimable lady whom he had made his wife was a por- tionless bride ...
... engaged to one of them , whom he shortly afterwards married . On the very day of the wedding , and almost immediately after the ceremony , he was informed that the estimable lady whom he had made his wife was a por- tionless bride ...
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... engaged to marry a lady who is termed one of the most brilliant women in New England . " He , however , suddenly changed his determination ; and after declaring his intention to break the match , he crossed the same day into the city ...
... engaged to marry a lady who is termed one of the most brilliant women in New England . " He , however , suddenly changed his determination ; and after declaring his intention to break the match , he crossed the same day into the city ...
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... engaged to another party . I am sorry for the publication of your letter . Why you did not per- mit me to see it before it appeared , and disclose in advance these consequences , I cannot conceive . I would willingly drop the sub- ject ...
... engaged to another party . I am sorry for the publication of your letter . Why you did not per- mit me to see it before it appeared , and disclose in advance these consequences , I cannot conceive . I would willingly drop the sub- ject ...
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Page 41 - Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore: Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never — nevermore.
Page 42 - Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!
Page 43 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 63 - And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 180 - One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing. Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her, All that remains...
Page 44 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 169 - That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For...
Page 42 - This I sat engaged in guessing, But no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Burned into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, With my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining That the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining With the lamplight gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore I Then methought the air grew denser, Perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls Tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch...
Page 40 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Page 69 - On! on!"— but o'er the Past (Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies Mute, motionless, aghast! For, alas! alas! with me The light of Life is o'er! "No more — no more...