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Then my heart it grew ashen and sober
As the leaves that were crisped and sere
As the leaves that were withering and sere
And I cried ;It was surely October
On _this_ very night of last year��
That I journeyed I journeyed down here� �
That I brought a dread burden down here
On this night�察�of all nights in the year��
Ah�察�what demon has tempted me here��
Well I know�察�now�察�this dim lake of Auber
This misty mid region of Weir�此�
Well I know�察�now�察�this dank tarn of Auber
This ghoul´haunted woodland of Weir。;
1847。
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TO HELEN
I saw thee once once only years ago��
I must not say how many but not many。
It was a July midnight�察�and from out
A full´orbed moon�察�that�察�like thine own soul�察�soaring��
Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven��
There fell a silvery´silken veil of light��
With quietude�察�and sultriness�察�and slumber��
Upon the upturned faces of a thousand
Roses that grew in an enchanted garden��
Where no wind dared to stir�察�unless on tiptoe
Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses
That gave out�察�in return for the love´light��
Their odorous souls in an ecstatic death
Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses
That smiled and died in this parterre�察�enchanted
By thee�察�and by the poetry of thy presence。
Clad all in white�察�upon a violet bank
I saw thee half reclining�察�while the moon
Fell on the upturn'd faces of the roses��
And on thine own�察�upturn'd´ alas�察�in sorrow��
Was it not Fate�察�that�察�on this July midnight´
Was it not Fate�察。�whose name is also Sorrow�撮�
That bade me pause before that garden´gate��
To breathe the incense of those slumbering roses��
No footstep stirred�此�the hated world an slept��
Save only thee and me。 ��Oh�察�Heaven� � oh�察�God��
How my heart beats in coupling those two words�。�
Save only thee and me。 I paused´ I looked´
And in an instant all things disappeared。
��Ah�察�bear in mind this garden was enchanted�。�
The pearly lustre of the moon went out��
The mossy banks and the meandering paths��
The happy flowers and the repining trees��
Were seen no more�此�the very roses' odors
Died in the arms of the adoring airs。
All´ all expired save thee´ save less than thou��
Save only the divine light in thine eyes´
Save but the soul in thine uplifted eyes。
I saw but them´ they were the world to me��
I saw but them´ saw only them for hours��
Saw only them until the moon went down。
What wild heart´histories seemed to he enwritten
Upon those crystalline�察�celestial spheres��
How dark a woe�察�yet how sublime a hope��
How silently serene a sea of pride��
How daring an ambition�察�yet how deep´
How fathomless a capacity for love��
But now�察�at length�察�dear Dian sank from sight��
Into a western couch of thunder´cloud��
And thou�察�a ghost�察�amid the entombing trees
Didst glide away。 Only thine eyes remained��
They would not go´ they never yet have gone��
Lighting my lonely pathway home that night��
They have not left me ��as my hopes have�� since��
They follow me´ they lead me through the years。
They are my ministers yet I their slave。
Their office is to illumine and enkindle
My duty�察�to be saved by their bright light��
And purified in their electric fire��
And sanctified in their elysian fire。
They fill my soul with Beauty ��which is Hope����
And are far up in Heaven the stars I kneel to
In the sad�察�silent watches of my night��
While even in the meridian glare of day
I see them still two sweetly scintillant
Venuses�察�unextinguished by the sun��
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ANNABEL LEE。
It was many and many a year ago��
In a kingdom by the sea��
That a maiden lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE�察 �
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me。
_I_ was a child and _She_ was a child��
In this kingdom by the sea��
But we loved with a love that was more than love ´
I and my ANNABEL LEE ´
With a love that the wing�d seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me。
And this was the reason that�察�long ago��
In this kingdom by the sea��
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
Chilling my ANNABEL LEE��
So that her high´born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me��
To shut her up�察�in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea。
The angels�察�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�察�chilling
And killing my ANNABEL LEE。
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we ´
Of many far wiser than we ´
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE�此 �
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE��
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE��
And so�察�all the night´tide�察�I lie down by the side
Of my darling�察�my darling�察�my life and my bride
In her sepulchre there by the sea ´
In her tomb by the side of the sea。
1849。
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A VALENTINE。
For her this rhyme is penned�察�whose luminous eyes��
Brightly expressive as the twins of Loeda��
Shall find her own sweet name�察�that�察�nestling lies
Upon the page�察�enwrapped from every reader。
Search narrowly the lines� �they hold a treasure
Divine a talisman an amulet
That must be worn _at heart_。 Search well the measure
The words the syllables� �Do not forget
The trivialest point�察�or you may lose your labor��
And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
Which one might not undo without a sabre��
If one could merely comprehend the plot。
Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
Eyes scintillating soul�察�there lie _perdus_
Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
Of poets�察�by poets as the name is a poet's�察�too。
Its letters�察�although naturally lying
Like the knight Pinto Mendez Ferdinando
Still form a synonym for Truth Cease trying��
You will not read the riddle�察�though you do the best _you_ can do。
1846。
��To discover the names in this and the following poem read the first
letter of the first line in connection with the second letter of the
second line�察�the third letter of the third line�察�the fourth of the fourth
and so on to the end。��
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AN ENIGMA
;Seldom we find�察─�says Solomon Don Dunce��
;Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet。
Through all the flimsy things we see at once
As easily as through a Naples bonnet ´
Trash of all trash� � how _can_ a lady don it��
Yet heavier far than your Petrarchan stuff´
Owl´downy nonsense that the faintest puff
Twirls into trunk´paper the while you con it。;
And�察�veritably�察�Sol is right enough。
The general tuckermanities are arrant
Bubbles ´ ephemeral and _so_ transparent ´
But _this_ is�察�now�察 � you may depend upon it ´
Stable�察�opaque�察�immortal ´ all by dint
Of the dear names that lie concealed within 't。
1847。
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TO MY MOTHER
Because I feel that�察�in the Heavens above��
The angels�察�whispering to one another��
Can find�察�among their burning terms of love��
None so devotional as that of ;Mother�察�
Therefore by that dear name I long have called you
You who are more than mother unto me��
And fill my heart of hearts�察�where Death installed you
In setting my Virginia's spirit free。
My mother my own mother�察�who died early��
Was but the mother of myself�察�but you
Are mother to the one I loved so dearly��
And thus are dearer than the mother I knew
By that infinity with which my wife
Was dearer to my soul than its soul´life。
1849。
��The above was addressed to the poet's mother´in´law�察�Mrs。 Clemm Ed。��
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FOR ANNIE
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�察�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 composedly��
Now�察�in my bed��
That any beholder
Might fancy me dead
Might start at beholding me��
Thinking me dead。
The moaning and groaning��
The sighing and sobbing��
Are quieted now��
With that horrible throbbing
At heart�此 �ah�察�that horrible��
Horrible throbbing��
The sickness the nausea
The pitiless pain
Have ceased�察�with the fever
That maddened my brain
With the fever called ;Living;
That burned in my brain。
And oh� �of all tortures
_That_ torture the worst
Has abated the terrible
Torture of thirst
For the naphthaline river
Of Passion accurst�此�
I have drank of a water
That quenches all thirst�此�
Of a water that flows��
With a lullaby sound��
From a spring but a very few
Feet under ground
From a cavern not very far
Down under ground。
And ah� �let it never
Be foolishly said
That my room it is gloomy
And narrow my bed��
For man never slept
In a different be