Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy soul shall find itself alone Last Line: A mystery of mysteries! -- Subject(s): Cemeteries; Graveyards | ||||||||
I Thy soul shall find itself alone 'Mid dark thoughts of the gray tomb-stone -- Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy: II Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness -- for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee -- and their will Shall overshadow thee: be still. III The night -- tho' clear -- shall frown -- And the stars shall look not down, From their high thrones in the heaven, With light like Hope to mortals given -- But their red orbs, without beam, To thy weariness shall seem As a burning and a fever Which would cling to thee for ever. IV Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish -- Now are visions ne'er to vanish -- From thy spirit shall they pass No more -- like dew-drop from the grass. V The breeze -- the breath of God -- is still -- And the mist upon the hill Shadowy -- shadowy -- yet unbroken, Is a symbol and a token -- How it hangs upon the trees, A mystery of mysteries! -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL THE HILL ABOVE THE MINE by MALCOLM COWLEY |
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