Edgar Allan Poe — Poems

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1. Introduction (1)
   “A lie,” says an American proverb, “will run from Maine to Mexico while Truth is putting on its boots,” and the memories of few celebrated…
2. Introduction (2)
   Regret is often expressed that—with the single exception of “Al Aaraaf,” which, however, was written when his intellect was still in its ad…
3. Preface · Dedication of the Volume of 1845
   Preface and Dedication of Volume of 1845 Preface These trifles are collected and republished chiefly with a view to their redemption from t…
4. The Raven
   Poems The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— Whi…
5. The Bells · Ulalume · Bridal Ballad
   The Bells I Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkl…
6. Lenore · A Valentine · An Enigma
   Lenore Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown for ever! Let the bell toll!—a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river. And, Guy de…
7. To Helen · Annabel Lee · For Annie
   To Helen I saw thee once—once only—years ago: I must not say how many—but not many. It was a July midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon,…
8. To F—S S. O—D · To —— —— · The City in the Sea
   To F—S S. O—D Thou wouldst be loved?—then let thy heart From its present pathway part not; Being everything which now thou art, Be nothing…
9. The Conqueror Worm · The Sleeper · The Coliseum
   The Conqueror Worm Lo! ’tis a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tear…
10. Dreamland · Eulalie · To My Mother
    Dreamland By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named Night, On a black throne reigns upright, I hav…
11. Eldorado · To F—— · To One in Paradise
    Eldorado Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew…
12. Hymn · A Dream Within a Dream · To Zante
    Hymn At morn—at noon—at twilight dim— Maria! thou hast heard my hymn! In joy and woe—in good and ill— Mother of God, be with me still! When…
13. The Haunted Palace · Silence · Israfel
    The Haunted Palace In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace—reared its head.…
14. To M.L.S · The Valley of Unrest · Poems Written in Youth
    To M.L.S Of all who hail thy presence as the morning— Of all to whom thine absence is the night— The blotting utterly from out high heaven…
15. To Helen · Sonnet—To Science · Spirits of the Dead
    To Helen Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o’er a perfumed sea, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To…
16. Evening Star · Fairy Land · The Lake— To ——
    Evening Star ’Twas noontide of summer, And midtime of night, And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, through the light Of the brighter, col…
17. A Dream · A Pæan · The Happiest Day
    A Dream In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed— But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Ah!…
18. Alone · Stanzas · To ——
    Alone 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…
19. To the River · To —— · Song
    To the River Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow Of crystal, wandering water, Thou art an emblem of the glow Of beauty—the unhidden heart…
20. Dreams · Romance
    Dreams Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream! My spirit not awakening, till the beam Of an Eternity should bring the morrow. Yes! tho…
21. Tamerlane
    Kind solace in a dying hour! Such, father, is not (now) my theme— I will not madly deem that power Of Earth may shrive me of the sin Uneart…
22. Al Aaraaf
    Al Aaraaf. Part I O! nothing earthly save the ray (Thrown back from flowers) of Beauty’s eye, As in those gardens where the day Springs fro…
23. Part II
    High on a mountain of enamelled head— Such as the drowsy shepherd on his bed Of giant pasturage lying at his ease, Raising his heavy eyelid…
24. Scenes from Politian (1)
    I ROME.—A Hall in a Palace. Alessandra and Castiglione. Alessandra. Thou art sad, Castiglione. Castiglione. Sad!—not I. Oh, I’m the happies…
25. Scenes from Politian (2)
    Pol. Oh, wilt thou—wilt thou Fly to that Paradise—my Lalage, wilt thou Fly thither with me? There Care shall be forgotten, And Sorrow shall…
26. LETTER to Mr. ——
    Letter to Mr. —— — Introduction to Poems — (1831) LETTER to Mr. —— West Point, 1831. Dear B—— . . . . . . . Believing only a portion of my…
27. The Poetic Principle (1)
    Essays on the — Poetic Principle and — The Philosophy of — Composition The Poetic Principle (1) In speaking of the Poetic Principle, I have…
28. The Poetic Principle (2)
    There, through the long, long summer hours, The golden light should lie, And thick young herbs and groups of flowers Stand in their beauty…
29. The Philosophy of Composition (1)
    Charles Dickens, in a note now lying before me, alluding to an examination I once made of the mechanism of “Barnaby Rudge,” says—“By the wa…
30. The Philosophy of Composition (2)
    I determined, then, to place the lover in his chamber—in a chamber rendered sacred to him by memories of her who had frequented it. The roo…