Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Memoir by John H. Ingram, Tributes to His Memory by Prof. Lowell and N.P. Willis ; with the Letters, Addresses and Poems of the Memorial Ceremonies at the Monumental DedicationW.J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1881 - 395 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page lxxxi
... ability , " I am authorised to say , not only from my personal knowledge , but also from the state- ment of ALL who were conversant with the affair , that there exists not a shadow of foundation for the story above MEMOIR . lxxxi.
... ability , " I am authorised to say , not only from my personal knowledge , but also from the state- ment of ALL who were conversant with the affair , that there exists not a shadow of foundation for the story above MEMOIR . lxxxi.
Page lxxxii
... exists not a shadow of foundation for the story above alluded to . " The same letter goes on to state that its writer knew Poe well , and at the time alluded to was with him daily . " I was acquainted with the circumstances of his ...
... exists not a shadow of foundation for the story above alluded to . " The same letter goes on to state that its writer knew Poe well , and at the time alluded to was with him daily . " I was acquainted with the circumstances of his ...
Page cxxvi
... exist in the Bible long after his pyramid is levelled with the desert sands . No marble was hitherto placed above the grave of Poe because that tribute was not needed to preserve his fame . His memory lives in the mu- sic of his verse ...
... exist in the Bible long after his pyramid is levelled with the desert sands . No marble was hitherto placed above the grave of Poe because that tribute was not needed to preserve his fame . His memory lives in the mu- sic of his verse ...
Page cxxvii
... exists . Much of Poe's labor was given to criticism , and he is not forgiven even now for his severity . It is the custom to sneer at him as a critic who concerned himself only with the mechan- ism of art , and not with its higher ...
... exists . Much of Poe's labor was given to criticism , and he is not forgiven even now for his severity . It is the custom to sneer at him as a critic who concerned himself only with the mechan- ism of art , and not with its higher ...
Page clix
... exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat contradiction in terms . I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inas- much as it excites , by elevating the soul . The value of the poem is in ...
... exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat contradiction in terms . I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inas- much as it excites , by elevating the soul . The value of the poem is in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
61 Cygni absolute admiration admit Al Aaraaf anapast ANNABEL LEE appeared atoms attained beauty bells Broadway Journal cæsura called catalectic centre character cluster conceive course critical dactyl death diffusion distance Divine dream Earth Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Poe effect English equality exist eyes fact fancy feel feet force genius Graham's Magazine Greek Griswold hath heart Heaven hexameter human iambus idea imagination intellect irradiation lady less letter literary magazine matter memory merely mind monument moon N. P. Willis natural never Nevermore night once original passion perceive person phænomena planets Poe's poem poet poet's poetical poetry Politian principle Prosodies Raven reader regard rhyme rhythm scansion seems sense soul speak spirit spondee stars story suggest suppose tendency thee thing thou thought tion trochee true truth Ulalume Universe verse words write written
Popular passages
Page 5 - ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more.
Page 25 - 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 be loved by me.
Page 9 - 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 8 - 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 lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch...
Page 27 - And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing And sparkling evermore, A troop of Echoes whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
Page clxv - And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume . The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 6 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping; and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you.
Page 42 - In Heaven a spirit doth dwell Whose heart-strings are a lute; None sing so wildly well As the angel Israfel, And the giddy stars (so legends tell), Ceasing their hymns, attend the spell Of his voice, all mute.
Page 27 - In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace — Radiant palace — reared its head. In the monarch Thought's dominion, It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair! Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did float and flow (This — all this — was in the olden Time long ago...
Page 18 - THE skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere, The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year; It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir : It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.