内容简介

Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan Poe’s verse in this complete poetry collection. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric “To Helen,” to his immortal masterpieces, “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells,” and “The Raven,” Poe stands beside the celebrated English romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats, and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti. Today his dark side speaks eloquently to contemporary readers in poems such as “The Haunted Palace” and “The Conqueror Worm,” with their powerful images of madness and the macabre. But even at the end of his life, Poe reached out to his art for comfort and courage, giving us in “Eldorado” a talisman to hold during our darkest moments—a timeless gift from a great American writer.

作者简介

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809, but was orphaned in 1811 and went to live with a foster family in Virginia. The relationship was conflicted, and the Allans withdrew their financial support after Poe had completed only one semester at the University of Virginia. He enlisted in the Army, then enrolled briefly in West Point, meanwhile publishing three volumes of poetry...

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Takethiskissuponthebrow!And,inpartingfromyounow,Thusmuchletmeavow—Youarenotwrong,whodeemThatmydayshavebeenadream;YetifhopehasflownawayInanight,orinaday,Inavision,orinnone,Isitthereforethelessgone?AllthatweseeorseemIsbutadreamwithinadream.IstandamidtheroarOfasurf-tormentedshore,AndIholdwithinmyhandGrainsofthegoldensand—Howfew!yethowtheycreepThroughmyfingerstothedeep,WhileIweep—whileIweep!OGod!CanInotgraspThemwithatighterclasp?OGod!canInotsaveOnefromthepitilesswave?IsallthatweseeorseemButadreamwithinadream?

——引自第44页