Edgar Allan Poe

 

THE POETRY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

SPIRITS OF THE DEAD

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 will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.

The night, though clear, shall frown,
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the Heaven
With light like hope to mortals given,
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever.

Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish,
Now are visions ne'er to vanish;
From thy spirit shall they pass
No more, like dew-drop from the grass.

The breeze, the breath of God, is still,
And the mist upon the hill
Shadowy, shadowy, yet unbroken,
Is a symbol and a token.
How it hangs upon the trees,
A mystery of mysteries!

 

 

 

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Edgar Allan Poe

LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

A

Al Aaraaf
Alone
Annabel Lee

B

The Bells
Bridal Ballad

C

The City in the Sea
The Coliseum
"The Conqueror Worm" (From Ligeia)

D

A Dream
Dreamland
Dreams
A Dream Within A Dream

E

Eldorado
Elizabeth
An Enigma
Eulalie
Evening Star

F

Fairyland
For Annie

H

"The Happiest Day"
The Haunted Palace
Hymn
Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius

I

Imitation
"In Youth I Have Known One"
Israfel
"In the Greenest of Our Valleys"(From The Fall of the House of Usher)

L

The Lake
Lenore

R

The Raven
Romance

S

"Sancta Maria!"(From Morella)
Serenade
Silence
The Sleeper
Sonnet - To Science
Song
Spirits of the Dead
Stanzas

T

Tamerlane
To ...
To ...
To F...
F...s. S. O...d
To M...
To Marie Louise (Shew)
To M. L. S.
To my Mother
To Helen
To Helen
To One Departed
To One in Paradise
To the River
To Zante

U

Ulalume

V

A Valentine
The Valley of Unrest