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~~ Edgar Allan Poe ~~

Edgar Allan Poe. The name speaks for itself... This is one page that I intend to expand with time. For now, enjoy the link I have placed here!

.....Edgar Allan Poe: 1809 - 1849

.....The House of Usher

.....A Poe Webliography

.....Poe Sites

.....Tales of Mystery & Imagination

.....Qrisse's E A Poe Pages

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TO ONE IN PARADISE
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THOU wast all that to me, love,
For which my soul did pine --
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrime,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,.....
And all the flowers were mine.
Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
"On! on!" -- but o'er the Past
(Dim guld!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, mothionless, aghast!

For, alas! alas! with me
The light of Life is o'er!
No more -- no more -- no more --
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree,
Or the stricken eagle soar!
And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy dark eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams --
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.

edgar allan poe
(1843)
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