Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

To Helen - 1848

I saw thee once- once only- years ago:I must not say how many- but not many.It was a July midnight; and from outA full-orbed moon, that, like thine..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Israfel

In Heaven a spirit doth dwell"Whose heart-strings are a lute";None sing so wildly wellAs the angel Israfel,And the giddy stars (so legends..

© Edgar Allan Poe

The Forest Reverie

'Tis said that whenThe hands of menTamed this primeval wood,And hoary trees with groans of woe,Like warriors by an unknown foe,Were in their strength..

© Edgar Allan Poe

To One Departed

Seraph! thy memory is to meLike some enchanted far-off isleIn some tumultuous sea -Some ocean vexed as it may beWith storms; but where..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Sancta Maria

Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes -Upon the sinner's sacrifice,Of fervent prayer and humble love,From thy holy throne above.At morn - at noon - at..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Song

I saw thee on thy bridal day-When a burning blush came o'er thee,Though happiness around thee lay,The world all love before thee:And in thine eye a..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Hymn To Aristogeiton And Harmodius

Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll concealLike those champions devoted and brave,When they plunged in the tyrant their steel,And to Athens deliverance..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Epigram For Wall Street

I'll tell you a plan for gaining wealth,Better than banking, trade or leases —Take a bank note and fold it up,And then you will find your money in..

© Edgar Allan Poe

In The Greenest Of Our Valleys

I.In the greenest of our valleys,By good angels tenanted,Once fair and stately palace --Radiant palace --reared its head.In the monarch Thought's..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Sonnet- To Science

Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art!Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes.Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart,Vulture, whose..

© Edgar Allan Poe

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..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Serenade

So sweet the hour, so calm the time,I feel it more than half a crime,When Nature sleeps and stars are mute,To mar the silence ev'n with lute.At rest..

© Edgar Allan Poe

To -- -- --. Ulalume: A Ballad

The skies they were ashen and sober;The leaves they were crisped and sere-The leaves they were withering and sere;It was night in the lonesome..

© Edgar Allan Poe

To One In Paradise

Thou wast all that to me, love,For which my soul did pine-A green isle in the sea, love,A fountain and a shrine,All wreathed with fairy fruits and..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Enigma

The noblest name in Allegory's page,The hand that traced inexorable rage;A pleasing moralist whose page refined,Displays the deepest knowledge of the..

© Edgar Allan Poe

The Valley Of Unrest

Once it smiled a silent dellWhere the people did not dwell;They had gone unto the wars,Trusting to the mild-eyed stars,Nightly, from their azure..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Tamerlane

Kind solace in a dying hour!Such, father, is not (now) my theme-I will not madly deem that powerOf Earth may shrive me of the sinUnearthly pride hath..

© Edgar Allan Poe

Sonnet- Silence

There are some qualities- some incorporate things,That have a double life, which thus is madeA type of that twin entity which springsFrom matter and..

© Edgar Allan Poe

To The River

Fair river! in thy bright, clear flowOf crystal, wandering water,Thou art an emblem of the glowOf beauty- the unhidden heart-The playful maziness of..

© Edgar Allan Poe

The Lake

In spring of youth it was my lotTo haunt of the wide world a spotThe which I could not love the less-So lovely was the lonelinessOf a wild lake, with..

© Edgar Allan Poe

The Coliseum

Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquaryOf lofty contemplation left to TimeBy buried centuries of pomp and power!At length- at length- after so many..

© Edgar Allan Poe

An Acrostic

Elizabeth it is in vain you say'Love not' — thou sayest it in so sweet a way:In vain those words from thee or L. E. L.Zantippe's talents had enforced..

© Edgar Allan Poe

The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour

The happiest day- the happiest hourMy sear'd and blighted heart hath known,The highest hope of pride and power,I feel hath flown.Of power! said I?..

© Edgar Allan Poe

For Annie

Thank Heaven! the crisis-The danger is past,And the lingering illnessIs over at last-And the fever called "Living"Is conquered at last.Sadly, I knowI..

© Edgar Allan Poe

The Haunted Palace

In the greenest of our valleysBy good angels tenanted,Once a fair and stately palace-Radiant palace- reared its head.In the monarch Thought's..

© Edgar Allan Poe