Tagged: Edgar Allan Poe

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Gaily Bedight

When I think of the poem El Dorado, I always get a mental picture of Edgar Allan Poe saying “what rhymes with knight?”

American

To Helen

Two versions (1831 and 1845) of Poe’s most famous To Helen; and his ode to Sarah Helen Whitman

American

Israfel

“In heaven a spirit doth dwell whose heartstrings…”

the raven's entrance by Gustave Dore

American / audio

The Raven

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,…”

Edgar Allan Poe

American / audio

Alone

“From childhood’s hour I have not been as others were—”

American / audio

The Bells (IV)

“Hear the tolling of the bells, Iron bells, What a world of solemn thought their monody compels …”

American / audio

The Bells (III)

“Hear the loud alarum bells, Brazen bells, What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells …”