Line-01-001: Ah, broken is the golden bowl {{1845-02: ! }} — the spirit flown forever!

Line-01-002: Let the bell toll! — a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river.

Line-01-003: And, Guy De Vere, hast thou no tear? {{1845-02: — }} weep now or {{1844-01: nevermore — //1845-02: never more! }}

Line-01-004: See! on yon drear and rigid bier {{1845-02: , }} low lies thy love {{1845-02: , }} Lenore {{1844-01: . // 1845-02: ! }}

Line-01-005: {{1844-01: Come! //1845-02: Ah, }} let the burial rite be read {{1844-01: , //1845-02: — }} the funeral song be sung {{1844-01: , }} —

Line-01-006: An anthem for the queenliest dead that ever died so young {{1844-01: . //1845-02: — }}

Line-02-007: {{1845-02: A dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young! }}

 

Line-01-007: “Wretches! ye loved her for her wealth {{1844-01: , }} and {{1844-01: ye }} hated her for her pride,

Line-01-008: {{1844-01: “  }} And {{1845-02: , }} when she fell in feeble health, ye blessed her — that she died.

Line-01-009: {{1844-01: “  }} How {{1844-01: shall //1845-02: shall }} the ritual then be read {{1845-02: ?; }} — the requiem how be sung

Line-01-010: {{1844-01: “  }} By you — by yours the evil eye {{1844-01: , //1845-02: — }} by yours the slanderous tongue {{1845-02: , }}

Line-01-011: {{1844-01: “  }} That did to death the innocence that {{1844-01: perished //1845-02: died and died }} so {{1844-01: young //1845-02: youug [[young]] }} ?

 

Line-01-012: Peccavimus; yet rave not thus {{1844-01: , //1845-02: ! }} and let a Sabbath song

Line-01-013: Go up to God so solemnly the dead may feel no wrong {{1844-01: ; //1845-02: . }}

Line-01-014: {{1844-01: She — //1845-02: The }} sweet Lenore {{1844-01: — }} hath “gone before,” with Hope that flew beside,

Line-01-015: Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride —

Line-01-016: For her the fair and {{1844-01: debonnair //1845-02: debonair }} that now so lowly lies,

Line-01-017: The life upon her yellow hair but not {{1844-01: upon // 1845-02: within }} her eyes —

Line-02-018: {{1845-02: The life still there, upon her hair — the death upon her eyes. }}

 

Line-01-018: “Avaunt! {{1844-01: — to-night //1845-02: to night [[to-night]] }} my heart is light {{1844-01: — //1845-02: ; }} no dirge will I upraise,

Line-01-019: {{1844-01: “  }} But waft the angel on her flight with a {{1844-01: Pæan //1845-02: pæan }} of old days!

Line-01-020: {{1844-01: “  }} Let no bell toll! — lest her sweet soul, amid its hallowed mirth,

Line-01-021: {{1844-01: “  }} Should catch the note as it doth float up from the {{1844-01: damned Earth //1845-02: damnéd earth }}.

Line-01-022: {{1844-01: “  }} To friends above, from fiends below, {{1844-01: th’ //1845-02: the }} indignant ghost is riven —

Line-01-023: {{1844-01: “  }} From Hell unto a high estate far up within the Heaven —

Line-01-024: {{1844-01: “  }} From {{1844-01: grief and moan //1845-02: moan and groan }} to a {{1844-01: gold //1845-02: golden }} throne beside the King of Heaven {{1844-01: ![[”]] //1845-02: .” }}