Edgar Allan Poe

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The Sleeper

1831

At midnight, in the month of June, / I stand beneath the mystic moon. / An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, / Exhales from out her golden rim

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

1839

Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet. Its approach was not, at first, seemingly rapid; nor was its appearance of very unusual character. It was of a dull red, and had little perceptible train.

The Fall of the House of Usher

1839

There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher?

The Premature Burial

1844

I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.

The Raven

1845

Leave my loneliness unbroken ! — quit the bust above my door ! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door !" Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

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The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Premature Burial