Life and PoemsW.J. Widdleton, 1879 - 305 стор. |
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... kind ; that he admits that Poe's genius was akin to madness , but denies that it was genius of the highest kind . However this may be - and we think Dr. Maudsley is not always luminous and consistent with himself on this obscure ...
... kind ; that he admits that Poe's genius was akin to madness , but denies that it was genius of the highest kind . However this may be - and we think Dr. Maudsley is not always luminous and consistent with himself on this obscure ...
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... kind people of Richmond was deeply moved by the condition of the poor orphans . Mr. John Allan , a wealthy merchant of the city , adopted Edgar , and Mrs. McKenzie , of Henrico County , Virginia , adopted Rosalie , who was the youngest ...
... kind people of Richmond was deeply moved by the condition of the poor orphans . Mr. John Allan , a wealthy merchant of the city , adopted Edgar , and Mrs. McKenzie , of Henrico County , Virginia , adopted Rosalie , who was the youngest ...
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... kind to his companions , and always ready to assist them with his hand and head ; but fierce in his resentments , and eager for distinction . " The Nathaniel Howard alluded to by Colonel Preston was af- terward one of the ripest ...
... kind to his companions , and always ready to assist them with his hand and head ; but fierce in his resentments , and eager for distinction . " The Nathaniel Howard alluded to by Colonel Preston was af- terward one of the ripest ...
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... kind , motherly face ; never again to hear that sweet , gentle voice . Communication , in those days , between Baltimore and Richmond was slow , and before he arrived , Mrs. Allan was dead and buried . Edgar felt keenly the loss of his ...
... kind , motherly face ; never again to hear that sweet , gentle voice . Communication , in those days , between Baltimore and Richmond was slow , and before he arrived , Mrs. Allan was dead and buried . Edgar felt keenly the loss of his ...
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... kind friend to me in every respect , and I am sincerely grateful to him for many acts of generosity and attention . " In the same letter , in answer to Mr. White's query , whether he was satisfied with the pay he 56 LIFE OF EDGAR A. POE .
... kind friend to me in every respect , and I am sincerely grateful to him for many acts of generosity and attention . " In the same letter , in answer to Mr. White's query , whether he was satisfied with the pay he 56 LIFE OF EDGAR A. POE .
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Сторінка 151 - 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 oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Сторінка 159 - In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace— reared its head. In the monarch Thought's dominion, It stood there; Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair.
Сторінка 281 - Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, — Over the brink of it, Picture it — think of it, Dissolute Man ! Lave in it, drink of it Then, if you can...
Сторінка 156 - IT was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Сторінка 257 - O, lift me from the grass! I die, I faint, I fail! Let thy love in kisses rain On my lips and eyelids pale. My cheek is cold and white, alas! My heart beats loud and fast: Oh! press it close to thine again, Where it will break at last!
Сторінка 134 - Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore ; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door. Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as
Сторінка 304 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Сторінка 280 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night.
Сторінка 171 - 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 newly From an ultimate dim Thule — From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE — out of TIME.
Сторінка 178 - 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, 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, 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...