Edgar Allan Poe Works

The garden like a lady fair was cut That lay as if she slumbered in delight, And to the open skies her eyes did shut; The azure fields of heaven were ‘sembled right In a large round set with flow’rs of light: The flowers de luce and the round sparks of dew That hung upon [...]

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THE NATURAL scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World– more especially of Europe– and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region. The discussion is one not likely to be soon [...]

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A Pendant to “The Domain of Arnheim” DURING A pedestrian trip last summer, through one or two of the river counties of New York, I found myself, as the day declined, somewhat embarrassed about the road I was pursuing. The land undulated very remarkably; and my path, for the last hour, had wound about and [...]

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The garden like a lady fair was cut, That lay as if she slumbered in delight, And to the open skies her eyes did shut. The azure fields of Heaven were ‘sembled right In a large round, set with the flowers of light. The flowers de luce, and the round sparks of dew. That hung [...]

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Nullus enim locus sine genio est.–SERVIUS. “LA MUSIQUE,” says Marmontel, in those “Contes Moraux”[1] which in all our translations, we have insisted upon calling “Moral Tales,” as if in mockery of their spirit– “la musique est le seul des talents qui jouissent de lui–meme; tous les autres veulent des temoins.” He here confounds the pleasure [...]

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