Poems of later life:
Dedication
Preface
The Raven
The Bells
Ulalume
To Helen
Annabel Lee
A Valentine
An Enigma
To my Mother
For Annie
To F——
To Frances S. Osgood
Eldorado
Eulalie
A Dream within a Dream
To Marie Louise (Shew)
To the Same
The City in the Sea
The Sleeper,
Bridal Ballad
Notes
Poems of manhood:
Lenore
To one in Paradise
The Coliseum
The Haunted Palace
The Conqueror Worm
Silence
Dreamland
To Zante
Hymn
Notes
Scenes from “Politian”
Note
Poems of youth:
Introduction (1831)
To Science
Al Aaraaf
Tamerlane
To Helen
The Valley of Unrest
Israfel
To——("I heed not that
my earthly lot”)
To——("The bowers whereat,
in dreams, I see”)
To the River——
Song
Spirits of the Dead
A Dream
Romance
Fairyland
The Lake
Evening Star
Imitation
“The Happiest Day,”
Hymn. Translation from the Greek
Dreams
“In Youth I have known one”
A Paean
Notes
Doubtful poems:
Alone
To Isadore
The Village Street
The Forest Reverie
Notes
Prose poems:
The Island of the Fay
The Power of Words
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
Shadow—A Parable
Silence—A Fable
Essays:
The Poetic Principle
The Philosophy of Composition
Old English Poetry
During the last few years every incident in the life
of Edgar Poe has been subjected to microscopic investigation.
The result has not been altogether satisfactory.
On the one hand, envy and prejudice have magnified
every blemish of his character into crime, whilst on
the other, blind admiration would depict him as far
“too good for human nature’s daily food.”
Let us endeavor to judge him impartially, granting
that he was as a mortal subject to the ordinary weaknesses
of mortality, but that he was tempted sorely, treated
badly, and suffered deeply.
The poet’s ancestry and parentage are chiefly
interesting as explaining some of the complexities
of his character. His father, David Poe, was of
Anglo-Irish extraction. Educated for the Bar,
he elected to abandon it for the stage. In one
of his tours through the chief towns of the United
States he met and married a young actress, Elizabeth
Arnold, member of an English family distinguished
for its musical talents. As an actress, Elizabeth
Poe acquired some reputation, but became even better
