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Alone

scott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:30:39 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1875) 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 not awaken My heart to joy

Annabel Lee

scott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:29:31 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1849) 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. She was a

The Bells

scott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:21:44 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1849) 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 All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight ; Keeping

Dream-Land

scott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:20:34 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1844) By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule – From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE — out of

A Dream Within A Dream

scott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:19:43 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1850) 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 has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see

Eldorado

The Raven — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:18:42 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1849) 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 his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow – “Shadow,” said he, “Where can

The Sleeper

The Raven — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:17:08 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1831) At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top, Steals drowsily and musically Into the universal valley. The rosemary nods upon the grave; The lily lolls upon the wave; Wrapping the fog about its breast, The

For Annie

The Raven — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:15:36 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1849) 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 of my strength, And no muscle I move As I lie at full length – But no matter! — I feel I am better at length. And I rest so [...]

To The River

The Raven — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:17:52 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1829) Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow Of crystal, wandering water, Thou art an emblem of the glow Of beauty — the unhidden heart – The playful maziness of art In old Alberto’s daughter; But when within thy wave she looks – Which glistens then, and trembles – Why, then, the prettiest of brooks Her worshipper resembles; For in my heart, [...]

The Conqueror Worm

The Raven — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:09:27 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1843) 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 breathes fitfully The music of the spheres. Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low, And hither and thither fly- Mere puppets [...]

The City in the Sea

The Raven — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:19:16 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1831) 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 shrines and palaces and towers (Time-eaten towers that tremble not!) Resemble nothing that is ours. Around, by lifting winds forgot, Resignedly beneath [...]

The Haunted Palace

The Raven — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:42:12 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1839) 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,) And every gentle [...]

Spirits of the Dead

The Raven — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:48:41 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1829) Thy soul shall find itself alone ‘Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone – Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy: Be silent in that solitude Which is not loneliness — for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee — and their [...]

The Valley of Unrest

The Raven — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:11:20 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1845) Once it smiled a silent dell Where the people did not dwell; They had gone unto the wars, Trusting to the mild-eyed stars, Nightly, from their azure towers, To keep watch above the flowers, In the midst of which all day The red sun-light lazily lay. Now each visitor shall confess The sad valley’s restlessness. Nothing there is motionless – Nothing save [...]

The Raven

The Raven — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:51:28 +0000

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1845) 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 [...]

Haiku you too!

cdimmick — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:42:38 +0000

I was looking through some of my stuff from last year to find an old proffessors email and I came across some Haikus that I had written in the past.

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Blanketing white snow,

covering all of the land,

a wolf moves unseen.

And heres a random assortment of my others:

The teacher stands there,

culture is on her mind,

spreading the knowledge.

We all sit here now,

still and completely silent,

taking it all in.

Walking down the road,

the sun begins to dim out,

day turns into night.

Five minutes to go,

her bus will be on it’s way,

to bring her to me.

Waters flow in and out.

The sea breeze upon my face,

sand beneath my feet.

Staring at the screen,

wondering what’s happening,

then the screen goes blue.

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And heres a random assortment of my others:

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The teacher stands there,

culture is what’s on her mind,

spreading the knowledge.

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We all sit here now,

still and completely silent,

taking it all in.

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Walking down the road,

the sun begins to dim out,

day turns into night.

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Five minutes to go,

her bus will be on it’s way,

to bring her to me.

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Waters flow in and out.

The sea breeze upon my face,

sand beneath my feet.

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Staring at the screen,

wondering what’s happening,

then the screen goes blue.

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