The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1895 - 353 pages |
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Page 106
... appeared suddenly in the heavens ; attained , in a few days , a brill- iancy surpassing that of Jupiter ; then as suddenly disap- peared , and has never been seen since . Away - away - ' mid seas of rays that 106 Al Haraaf . AL AARAAF,
... appeared suddenly in the heavens ; attained , in a few days , a brill- iancy surpassing that of Jupiter ; then as suddenly disap- peared , and has never been seen since . Away - away - ' mid seas of rays that 106 Al Haraaf . AL AARAAF,
Page 157
... Jupiter , who had been manumitted before the reverses of the family , but who could be induced , neither by threats nor by promises , to abandon what he consid- ered his right of attendance upon the footsteps of his young " Massa Will ...
... Jupiter , who had been manumitted before the reverses of the family , but who could be induced , neither by threats nor by promises , to abandon what he consid- ered his right of attendance upon the footsteps of his young " Massa Will ...
Page 158
... Jupiter , grinning from ear to ear , bustled about to prepare some marsh - hens for supper . Legrand was in one of ... Jupiter's assistance , a scarabæus which he believed to be totally new , but in respect to which he wished to have my ...
... Jupiter , grinning from ear to ear , bustled about to prepare some marsh - hens for supper . Legrand was in one of ... Jupiter's assistance , a scarabæus which he believed to be totally new , but in respect to which he wished to have my ...
Page 160
... Jupiter ; “ de bug is a goole - bug , solid , ebery bit of him , inside and all , sep him wing - neber feel half so ... Jupiter's idea . You never saw a more brilliant metallic lustre than the scales emit -- but of this you cannot judge ...
... Jupiter ; “ de bug is a goole - bug , solid , ebery bit of him , inside and all , sep him wing - neber feel half so ... Jupiter's idea . You never saw a more brilliant metallic lustre than the scales emit -- but of this you cannot judge ...
Page 162
... Jupiter opened it , and a large Newfoundland , belonging to Legrand , rushed in , leaped upon my shoulders , and loaded me with caresses ; for I had shown him much attention during previous visits . When his gambols were over , I looked ...
... Jupiter opened it , and a large Newfoundland , belonging to Legrand , rushed in , leaped upon my shoulders , and loaded me with caresses ; for I had shown him much attention during previous visits . When his gambols were over , I looked ...
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Al Aaraaf amid angels ANNABEL LEE appeared Auguste Dupin Baldazzar beast beauty beetle bells beneath chamber Chantilly characters dark death's-head door dream Dupin fancy feet fell fire flowers Fort Moultrie fourth story Frenchman gold goole goole-bug hair hand hath head heard heart Heaven human Israfel Jacinta Jupiter Jupiter's knew Lalage left eye Legrand length letter Ligeia light limb look Madame L'Espanaye massa matter means ment mind murder mystery nail negro never Nevermore night o'er observed once ourang-outang paper parchment person Pierre Moreau police Politian Prefect PURLOINED LETTER replied Rue Morgue sailor scarabæus scarcely seemed seen shrill voice shutter skull soul spirit spot star Stephen of Byzantium stereotomy Sullivan's Island suppose sure tell thee thine things thou thought tion tree tulip-tree wild window wing words
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Page 21 - For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people — ah, the people — They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone. Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone, — They are neither man nor woman, They are neither brute nor human: They are Ghouls...
Page 4 - This it is and nothing more." 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 " — here I opened wide the door: — Darkness there and nothing more.
Page 16 - 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...
Page 23 - The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason (as all men know. In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night. Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 25 - 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.
Page 42 - And travellers, now, within that valley, Through the red-litten windows see Vast forms that move fantastically To a discordant melody; While, like a ghastly rapid river, Through the pale door A hideous throng rush out forever, And laugh — but smile no more.
Page 22 - 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 2 - 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 229 - What song the syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.
Page 20 - Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now — now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon.