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In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,
[[n]]
Once a fair and stately palace —
[[v]]
Radiant palace — reared its head. [page 103:]
5
[[n]]
In the monarch Thought's dominion,
It stood there!
[[v]]
Never seraph spread a pinion
Over fabric half so fair!
[[n]]
Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
10
[[n]]
On its roof did float and flow,
(This — all this — was in the olden
[[n]]
Time long ago,)
And every gentle air that dallied,
In that sweet day,
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Along the ramparts plumed and pallid,
[[n]]
A wingèd odor went away.
[[v]]
Wanderers in that happy valley,
Through two luminous windows, saw
Spirits moving musically,
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To a lute's well-tunèd law,
Round about a throne where, sitting,
[[n]]
Porphyrogene,
In state his glory well befitting,
[[v]]
The ruler of the realm was seen.
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And all with pearl and ruby glowing
Was the fair palace door,
[[n]]
Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing
And sparkling evermore,
[[v]]
A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
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[[n]]
Was but to sing,
In voices of surpassing beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king. [page 104:]
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate.
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(Ah, let us mourn! — for never morrow
[[n]]
Shall dawn upon him desolate!)
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
40
Of the old-time entombed.
And travellers, now, within that valley,
[[n]]
Through the encrimson’d windows see
[[n]]
Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody,
45
[[v]]
[[n]]
While, like a ghastly rapid river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever
And laugh — but smile no more.
(1839)
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 102:]
Title [of The Haunted Palace] Omitted in B. G. M., Tales [1840], Tales [1845], and Griswold [1847], the poem in each instance being printed as a part of The Fall of the House of Usher.
4 Radiant: snow-white (B.M., B. G. M., Tales [1840], P.P.A.).
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 103:]
7 a: his (B. M.).
17 Wanderers: All wanderers (B. M.).
24 ruler: sovereign (B. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]).
29 sweet: sole (B. G. M.).
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 104:]
45 ghastly rapid: rapid ghastly (B. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840], P.P. A., Tales [1845], Griswold [1847]).
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - KCP, 1917] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - The Haunted Palace (ed. K. Campbell, 1917)