> BE LA/'t JT /i(Ay 70 ( $I 3J m S University of California Berkeley Gift of Dr t Katherine Schwar zenbach THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN P E WITH ORIGINAL MEMOIR THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE WITH ORIGINAL MEMOIR. ILLUSTRATED BY P. R. PICKERSGILL, R.A. JOHX TENNIEL, BIRKET FOSTER, FELIX BARLEY, JASPER CROPSEY, P. DUGGAX, PERCIVAL SKELTOST, AND A. M. MADOT. NEW YOEK: J. S. REDFIELD, 34, BEEKMAN STREET. MDCCCLVIII. Entered to Act of according Congre**, in tlie year JV,7. i,y J. S. KEDFIEL1), In the CU-rkV OffiiH- of the District Court c.i tin- Scutlu-in DiMi New Vork. PBEEACE. THESE trifles are collected and republished chiefly with a view to their redemption from the many improvements to which they " have been subjected while going at random the rounds of the press." I am naturally anxious that what I have written should circulate as I it at all. wrote it, if circulate In defence of my own taste, nevertheless, it is incumbent upon me to say that I think nothing in this volume of much value to the public, or very creditable to myself. Events not to be controlled have prevented me from making, at any time, any serious effort in what, under happier circumstances, would have been the field of my choice. With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence; they must not they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations of mankind. E. A. P. CONTENTS. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS : PACE THE EATEN 1 LENORE 9 A VALENTINE 12 THE COLISEUM 13 To 15 To HELEN 17 AN ENIGMA 22 ULALUME 23 To 28 To MY MOTHER 29 THE BELLS 30 THE CONQUEROR WORM 39 ANNABEL LEE 42 THE VALLEY OF UNREST 46 ISRAFEL 48 SILENCE 52 To ZANTE 53 To F s S. D 55 BRIDAL BALLAD 56 THE HAUNTED PALACE 58 EULALIE . 62 CONTENTS. .-. | I-ACIJ: ToF- C4 To ONE IN PARADISE .... 65 DREAM-LAND ^ HYMN 71 THE SLEEPER 72 76 . FOR ANNIE ELDORADO 82 A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM 85 THE CITY IN THE SEA 87 " " AN UNPUBLISHED DRAMA . 91 SCENES PROM POLITIAN ; POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH : AL AARAAF 149 SONNET To SCIENCE 173 To THE RIVER - !74 TAMERLANE 176 To 192 A DREAM 194 ROMANCE 195 FAIRY-LAND 197 THE LAKE. To 201 SONG 203 04 To M. L. S 2 205 To HELEN . NOTES TO AL AARAAF 207 THE POETIC PRINCIPLE 21 7 ILLUSTRATIONS. ENGRAVER. PAG! PORTRAIT OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. DAGUERREOTYPE . /. Cooper . xvii THE RAVEN. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before. JOHN TEXXIEL . /. Cooper . ] Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. JOHN TENMEL . J. Cooper . 3 " " Wretch," I cried, thy God hath lent tl-ee by these angels he hath sent thee Respite respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore !" . G JOHX TENXITL . J. Cooper And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door. JOHN TENNIEL . /. Cooper . 8 LENORE. The life upon her yellow hair, but not within her eyes The life still there, upon her hair the death upon her eyes. F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Lititon. U " The sweet Lenore hath gone before," with Hope, that flew beside, Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride. FELIX DARLEY . J. Cooper . 11 ix b ILLUSTRATIONS. THE COLISEUM. ARTIST. ENGRAVER. PAGE But stay ! these walls these ivy-clad arcades These mouldering plinths these sad and blackened shafts. JASPER CROPSEY . W. J. Linton. 13 TO HELEN. It a and from out was July midnight ; A fnll-orbed moon, ...... There fell a silvery-silken veil of light. BIRKET FOSTER . W. T. Green . 1? Clad all in white, upon a violet bank I saw thee half reclining. F. R. PICKERSGTLL . W. J. Union. 1.9 And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees Didst . glide away. BTRKET FOSTER . /. Cooper . 21 ULALUME. It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. JASPER CROPSEY . W. J. Linfon. 23 That I brought a dread burden down here On this night of all nights in the year. F. Jl. PICKERSGLLL . W. J. Linfon. 27 THE BELLS. Hear the sledges with the bells- Silver bells ! . FELIX DARLEY . J. Cooper . 30 Through the balmy air of night out their ! . How they ring delight BIRKET FOSTER E. Emtis . 32 Hear the loud alarum bells In a clamorous to the of the fire. FELIX . appealing mercy DARLEY J. Cooper . 34- In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright. F. E. PICKERS RILL . W. J. Utiton. 36 ILLUSTRATIONS. ANNABEL LEE. AET1ST. t-NGRAVER. PAGE / was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea. BIRKET FOSTER . J. Cooper . 42 For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabal Lee. BIRKET FOSTEH . J. Cooper . 44 ISRAFEL. In heaven a spirit doth dwell " Whose heart-strings are a lute." P. DUGGAX W. J. Linton. 48 TO ZANTE. Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers, Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take ! BIRKET FOSTER . E. Evans . 53 THE HAUNTED PALACE. Once a fair and stately palace Radiant palace reared its head. A. M. MADOT . E. Evans . 68 EULALIE. Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blusliing bride Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride. F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Linton. 62 TO ONE IN PARADISE. Such language holds the solemn sea To the sands upon the shore. BIRKET FOSTER . E. Evans . 65 DREAM-LAND. Shrouded forms that start and sigh As they pass the wanderer by. F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Linton. 69 ILLUSTRATIONS. THE SLEEPER. ARTIST. ENGRAVER. PAGE At midnight, in the month of Jimr, I stand beneath the mystic moon. BIRKET FOSTER . E. Evans . 72 FOR ANNIE. And she prayed to the angels To keep me from harm. F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Lin/on. 78 ELDORADO. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow. F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Linton. 83 A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore. BIRKET FOSTER . J. Cooper . 85 THE CITY IN THE SEA. Lo ! Death has reared himself a throne . Linton. In a strange city lying alone. JASPER CROPSEY W. J. 87 The waves have now a redder glow The hours are breathing faint and low. JASPER CROPSEY . W. J. Linton. 89 SCENES FROM "POLITIAN." -# View of Rome. PERCIVAL SKELTON. /. Cooper . 93 Heard I aright ? I speak to him he speaks of Lalage ! F. R. PCCKERSGILL . Hammond . 97 A garden. BIRKET FOSTER . J. Cooper . 102 xii ILLUSTRATIONS. ARTIST. ENGRAVER. PAGE Think of eternal things ; Give up thy soul to penitence, and pray ! F. R. PICKERSGILL . E. Evans . 110 Politian, it doth grieve me To see thee thus. A. M. MADOT . E. Evans . 114 Listen now listen ! the faintest sound, And yet the sweetest that ear ever heard t A lady's voice! and sorrow in the tone! A. M. MADOT . H. Harral . 120 Weep not ! oh, sob not thus ! thy bitter tears Will madden me. Oh, mourn not, Lalage ! BIRKET FOSTER . J. Cooper . 127 Hist ! hush ! within the gloom Of yonder trees methought a figure passed. F. R. PICKERSGILL . E. Evans . 132 The suburbs of Rome. PERCIVAL SKELTOX. J. Cooper . 136 AL AARAAF. O ! nothing earthly save the thrill rill. Of melody in woodland BIRKET FOSTER /. Cooper . 14-9 Of her who loved a mortal and so died. F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Linton. 152 As prang that yellow star from downy hours, Up rose the maiden from her shrine of flowers. A. M. MADOT . W. Thomas . 157 High on a mountain of enamelled head arose a pile Of gorgeous columns. PERCIVAL SKELTON. /. Whymper . 159 On its margin is sleeping Full a maid. many F. R. PICKERSGILL . W. J. Linton. 166 Was a called the Parthenon. proud temple PERCIYAL SKELTON. /. Cooper . 170 TO THE RIVER. For in his heart, as in thy stream, Her image deeply lies. BIRKET FOSTER . E. Evans . 174 xiii ILLUSTRATIONS. TAMERLANE. ARTIST. ENGRAVER. PAGE We grew in age and love together ' Roaming the forest, and the wild. A. M. MADOT . W. J. Linton. 181 We walked together on the crown Of a high mountain. BIRKET FOSTER . /. Cooper . 185 A voice came from the threshold stone Of one whom I had earlier known. A. M. MADOT . , . W. J. Linton. 189 TO The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see The wantonest singing birds. BIRKET FOSTER . E. Evans . 192 FAIRY-LAND. Dim vales and shadowy floods And cloudy-looking woods. BIRKET FOSTER . /. Cooper . 198 THE LAKE. A wild lake, with black rock bound, And the tall pines that towered around. BIRKET FOSTER . /. Cooper . 201 The Head and Tail-pieces and Initial Letters. W. HARRY ROGERS . E. Evans. Under the Superintendence of JOSEPH CUNDALL. MEMOIR OP EDGAR ALLAN POE. IT would be well for all poets if nothing more were known of their lives than what they themselves infuse into their poetry. Too close a knowledge of the weaknesses and errors of the in- spired children of Parnassus, cannot but impair, in some degree, the delicate aroma of their songs. The inner life of the poet, the secrets of his inspiration, the mysterious processes by which his pearls of thought are produced, can never be made known, and the accidents of his daily life have but little more interest than those which fall to common men.