Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
In the vaulted mausoleum hear the shriek!
Madeline is wresting free
From her tomb-tied agony.
Hear the rapping, tapping of the Raven-beak,
Rhyming at your chamber door
Tritely, tritely, “Nevermore.”
Hear the necrophilic, dream-drugged poet speak
With inebriated breath:
“Ulalume…Lenore…Red Death!”
Wonder at his lust for wasting, waning, weak
Ebbing women, bloodless-white,
Like Virginia, eyes Death-bright.
Ponder why he only lived to search and seek
Death herself, and loved her true.
Sweetest temptress that he knew.
Copyright © Steve Eng | Year Posted 2008
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