Romance, who loves to nod and sing
With drowsy head and folded wing
Among the green leaves as they shake
Far down within some shadowy lake,
To me a painted paroquet
Hath been—most familiar bird—
Taught me my alphabet to say,
To lisp my very earliest word
While in the wild wood I did lie,
A child—with a most knowing eye.
Of late, eternal condor years
So shake the very Heaven on high
With tumult as they thunder by,
I have no time for idle cares
Through gazing on the unquiet sky;
And when an hour with calmer wings
Its down upon my spirit flings,
That little time with lyre and rhyme
To while away—forbidden things—
My heart would feel to be a crime
Unless it trembled with the strings.
With drowsy head and folded wing
Among the green leaves as they shake
Far down within some shadowy lake,
To me a painted paroquet
Hath been—most familiar bird—
Taught me my alphabet to say,
To lisp my very earliest word
While in the wild wood I did lie,
A child—with a most knowing eye.
Of late, eternal condor years
So shake the very Heaven on high
With tumult as they thunder by,
I have no time for idle cares
Through gazing on the unquiet sky;
And when an hour with calmer wings
Its down upon my spirit flings,
That little time with lyre and rhyme
To while away—forbidden things—
My heart would feel to be a crime
Unless it trembled with the strings.
Romance by Edgar Allan Poe
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That was seriously cool. I've never really read much Poe, as almost shameful as that is to admit.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved Poe. Great post!
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. The only Poe poem I knew was "The Raven".
ReplyDeleteI love Poe's work, personally I enjoyed the tell-tale heart, although it's not a poem :P
ReplyDeleteI never heard this one before, thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Mark. It's shameful to admit but haven't read much from Poe.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to Poe to give romance a creepy vibe.
ReplyDeleteI dont like Poe much, this guy led a destructive life and was so damn crazy. I love something simple but meaningful like Robert Frost or Longfellow.
ReplyDeletei like poe
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