The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether During the autumn of 18—, while on a tour through the extreme Southern provinces of France, my route led me within a […]
To One in Paradise
To One in Paradise Thou wast that all to me, love,For which my soul did pine —A green isle in the sea, love, —A fountain and a shrineAll wreathed with […]
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum I was sick — sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I […]
A Dream Within A Dream
A Dream Within a Dream Take this kiss upon thy brow!And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow —You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been […]
Berenice
Berenice — A Tale. Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that […]
To Helen
To Helen Helen, thy beauty is to meLike those Nicean barks of yore,That gently, o’er a perfum’d sea,The weary way-worn wanderer boreTo his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont […]
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains During the fall of the year 1827, while residing near Charlottesville in Virginia, I casually made the acquaintance of a Mr. Augustus Bedloe. This […]
The Bells
The Bells I.Hear the sledges with the bells —Silver bells!What a world of merriment their melody foretells!How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,In the icy air of night!While the stars that oversprinkleAll […]
Morella
Morella — A Tale Auto kath’ auto meth’ auton, mono eides aei ou.Itself — alone by itself — eternally one and single. –Plato, Sympos. With a feeling of deep but most singular […]
Ulalume
Hear “Ulalume” read aloud. Ulalume — A Ballad The skies they were ashen and sober;The leaves they were crispéd and sere —The leaves they were withering and sere:It was night, […]
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher Son cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu’on le touche il rèsonne. De Béranger. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless […]
The Masque of the Red Death
Hear “The Masque of the Red Death” read aloud. The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had been ever so fatal, […]