Edgar Allan Poe Poems of Later Life

Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe, known as the “Annie” Daguerreotype

FOR ANNIE POEM by Edgar Allan Poe 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 […]

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TO MY MOTHER POEM by Edgar Allan Poe [His Mother-in-law, Mrs. Clemm.] Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of “Mother,” Therefore by that dear name I long have called you— You who are more […]

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ELDORADO POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight. In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his […]

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A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow— You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a […]

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ANNABEL LEE POEM by Edgar Allan Poe 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. I was […]

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THE BELLS POEM by Edgar Allan Poe 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 oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In […]

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TO HELEN POEM by Edgar Allan Poe [Helen was Mrs. Whitman.] I saw thee once—once only—years ago: I must not say how many—but not many. It was a July midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring, Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven, There fell a silvery-silken veil of […]

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Lines on Ale Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Fill with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain – Quaintest thoughts – queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today. Believed to […]

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Evangeline Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Do tell when shall we make common sense men out of the owl-eyed pundits Out of The Frog-faced stupid old God-born Pundits who lost in a fog-bank Strut about all along shore there somewhere close by the Down East Frog Duck Pond munching of pea nuts and pumpkins and […]

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An Enigma Poem by Edgar Allan Poe “Seldom we find,” says Solomon Don Dunce, “Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet. Through all the flimsy things we see at once As easily as through a Naples bonnet— Trash of all trash!—how can a lady don it? Yet heavier far than your Petrarchan stuff— Owl-downy nonsense […]

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TO Mrs. Marie Louise Shew Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Not long ago, the writer of these lines, In the mad pride of intellectuality, Maintained “the power of words”—denied that ever A thought arose within the human brain Beyond the utterance of the human tongue: And now, as if in mockery of that boast, Two […]

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To Mrs. Marie Louise Shew—— POEM by Edgar Allan Poe Of all who hail thy presence as the morning— Of all to whom thine absence is the night— The blotting utterly from out high heaven The sacred sun—of all who, weeping, bless thee Hourly for hope—for life—ah! above all, For the resurrection of deep-buried faith […]

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