Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 17
... seem Is but a dream within a dream . I stand amid the roar Of a surf - tormented shore , And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand— How few ! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep , While I weep - while I weep ! O ...
... seem Is but a dream within a dream . I stand amid the roar Of a surf - tormented shore , And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand— How few ! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep , While I weep - while I weep ! O ...
Page 173
... seems a losing . | 2 2 In the ordinary system the accentuation would be thus : Many are the thoughts that | come to me In my lonely | musing . | | And they drift so | strange and | swift | There's no time for | choosing | Which to ...
... seems a losing . | 2 2 In the ordinary system the accentuation would be thus : Many are the thoughts that | come to me In my lonely | musing . | | And they drift so | strange and | swift | There's no time for | choosing | Which to ...
Page 178
... seem to be gloriously unconscious that to put a trochee in opposition with a longer foot , is to violate the inviolable principle of all music , time . It will be said , however , by " some people , " that I have no business to make a ...
... seem to be gloriously unconscious that to put a trochee in opposition with a longer foot , is to violate the inviolable principle of all music , time . It will be said , however , by " some people , " that I have no business to make a ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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