Edgar Allen Poe...
Why He Still Has A
Following Among Teens
If you ask a teen who thir most favorite
poet is, you may just get the response of "Edgar
Allen Poe". Of course, why not.... the extremliy
moving, melodic yet dark poems could be used
as current music lyrics & his short tales of the
grotesque makes Goosebumps seem like badly written fariy
tales.... a true master of his time, Poe is still reeling
us into his works more than 140 years after his
untimely death. He is buried in a cemetery in
Baltimore Maryland (USA), his final mistaken
destination. Every Jan. people make a
pelgrimage to his grave to leave flowers.... some
visit at other times just to take a glimpse of what
is there in the southeastern corner of the garden.
Most noted for his "The Raven" (first printed 1845),
many do not understand that most, if not all of his
poems were written &/or dedicated to someone in
his life. Such is the case of the poem we will be
featuring; "Eulalie - A Song" (first printed 1845) was
dedicated to his wife Virginia who would die 2 years |
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after it was published at the age of 24. They were
married for 11 years... you add it up. Anyway, without
further ado....... EULALIE - A SONG I dwelt alone In a world of moan, And my soul was a stagnant tide, Till the fair & gentle Eulalie became my blishing bride - Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride. Ah, less - less bright The stares of the night Than the eyes of the radiant girl! And never a flake That the vapor can make With the moon-tints of purple & pearl, Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl - Can compare with the bright- eyed Eulalie's most humble & careless curl. Now doubt - now pain Come never again, For her soul gives me sigh for sigh, And all day long Shines, bright & strong, While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eyes - While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye. THE END |
