Lo! 'tis a gala nightWithin the lonesome latter years!An angel throng, bewinged, bedightIn veils, and drowned in tears,Sit in a theatre, to seeA play of hopes and fears,While the orchestra breathes fitfullyThe music of the spheres. Mimes, in the form of God on high,Mutter and mumble low,And hither and thither fly—Mere puppets they, who come … Continue reading Poem – “The Conqueror Worm”
Edgar Allen Poe
Poetry – “Alone”
From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were — I have not seenAs others saw — I could not bringMy passions from a common spring —From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow — I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone —And all I lov'd — I lov'd alone … Continue reading Poetry – “Alone”
Poetry – “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 the hours flew brightly by, And not a cloud obscured the sky, My soul, lest it should truant be, Thy grace did guide to thine and … Continue reading Poetry – “Hymn”
“Dream Land”
By a route obscure and lonely,Haunted by ill angels only,Where an Eidolon, named Night,On a black throne reigns upright,I have reached these lands but newlyFrom an ultimate dim Thule—From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime,Out of Space—out of Time. Bottomless vales and boundless floods,And chasms, and caves, and Titan woods,With forms that no man … Continue reading “Dream Land”
Serpent's Den 