The Raven and Other Selected Poems

The Raven and Other Selected Poems
Edgar Allan Poe

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘ “…Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” ’This selection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetical works includes some of his best-known pieces, including the triumphant, gleeful ‘The Bells’, the tragic ode ‘Annabel Lee’ and his famous gothic tour de force, ‘The Raven’. Some present powerful, nightmarish images of the macabre and bizarre, while others have at their heart a profound sense of love, beauty and loss. All are linguistic masterpieces that demonstrate Poe’s gift for marrying rhythm, form and meaning.An American writer of primarily prose and literary criticism, Edgar Allen Poe never ceased writing poetry throughout his turbulent life, and is today regarded as a central figure of American literary romanticism. He died in 1849.

THE RAVEN AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS

Edgar Allan Poe

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CONTENTS

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Title Page (#u411eb624-b656-5335-9118-d8f5ca7c2486)

Copyright

History of William Collins

Life & Times

The Raven

The Raven

Selected Poems 1827–1849

A Dream

A Dream within a Dream

Dreams

Evening Star

“In Youth I Have Known One” (Stanzas)

Song

Spirits of the Dead

Tamerlane

“The Happiest Day, the Happiest Hour”

The Lake

Al Aaraaf

Alone

Elizabeth

Fairy-Land

Romance

Sonnet—To Science

To– – (“I heed not that my earthly lot”)

To– – (“The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see”)

To the River

A Pæan