Text: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Haunted Palace” (Comparative Text - AM and BGM)

 

Title: {{1839-01: THE HAUNTED PALACE. }}

 

Byline: {{1839-01: BY E. A. POE, ESQ. }}

 

Stanza: {{1839-02: I. }}

 

Line-01-001 {{1839-01: IN //1839-02: In }} the greenest of our valleys {{1839-02: , }}

Line-01-002 [[indent]] By good angels tenanted,

Line-01-003 Once a fair and stately palace —

Line-01-004 [[indent]] Snow-white palace — reared its head.

Line-01-005 In the monarch {{1839-01: thought's //1839-02: Thought's }} dominion —

Line-01-006 [[indent]] It stood there!

Line-01-007 Never {{1839-01: Seraph //1839-02: seraph }} spread {{1839-01: his //1839-02: a }} pinion

Line-01-008 [[indent]] Over fabric half so fair {{1839-01: ! //1839-02: . }}

 

Stanza: {{1839-02: II. }}

 

Line-01-009 Banners yellow, glorious, golden,

Line-01-010 [[indent]] On its roof did float and flow {{1839-01: — //1839-02: ; }}

Line-01-011 {{1839-02: ( }} This — all this — was in the olden

Line-01-012 [[indent]] Time long ago {{1839-01: — //1839-02: ) }}

Line-01-013 And every gentle air that dallied,

Line-01-014 [[indent]] In that sweet day,

Line-01-015 Along the {{1839-01: rampart //1839-02: ramparts }} plumed and pallid,

Line-01-016 [[indent]] A winged {{1839-01: odour //1839-02: odor }} went away.

 

Stanza: {{1839-02: III. }}

 

Line-01-017 {{1839-01: All wanderers //1839-02: Wanderers }} in that happy valley {{1839-01: , }}

Line-01-018 [[indent]] Through two luminous windows saw

Line-01-019 Spirits moving musically

Line-01-020 [[indent]] To a lute's {{1839-01: well tuned //1839-02: well-tunéd }} law,

Line-01-021 Round about a throne {{1839-02: , }} where sitting

Line-01-022 [[indent]] (Porphyrogene!)

Line-01-023 In state his glory well befitting,

Line-01-024 [[indent]] The sovereign of the realm was seen.

 

Stanza: {{1839-02: IV. }}

 

Line-01-025 And all with pearl and ruby glowing

Line-01-026 [[indent]] Was the fair palace door {{1839-01: ; //1839-02: , }}

Line-01-027 Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing,

Line-01-028 [[indent]] And sparkling evermore,

Line-01-029 A troop of {{1839-01: echoes, //1839-02: Echoes }} whose {{1839-01: sweet //1839-02: sole }} duty

Line-01-030 [[indent]] Was but to sing {{1839-02: , }}

Line-01-031 In voices of surpassing beauty,

Line-01-032 [[indent]] The wit and wisdom of their king.

 

Stanza: {{1839-02: V. }}

 

Line-01-033 But evil things {{1839-02: , }} in robes of sorrow,

Line-01-034 [[indent]] Assailed the monarch's high estate {{1839-01: ! //1839-02: ; }}

Line-01-035 {{1839-02: ( }} Ah, let us mourn {{1839-01: — //1839-02: , }} for never morrow

Line-01-036 [[indent]] Shall dawn upon him {{1839-02: , }} desolate! {{1839-02: ) }}

Line-01-037 And {{1839-02: , }} round about his home {{1839-02: , }} the glory {{1839-01: , }}

Line-01-038 [[indent]] That blushed and bloomed {{1839-01: , }}

Line-01-039 Is but a dim-remembered story

Line-01-040 [[indent]] Of the old time entombed.

 

Stanza: {{1839-02: VI. }}

 

Line-01-041 And travellers now within that valley,

Line-01-042 [[indent]] Through the red-litten windows, see

Line-01-043 Vast forms that move fantastically

Line-01-044 [[indent]] To a discordant melody;

Line-01-045 While, like a rapid ghastly river,

Line-01-046 [[indent]] Through the pale door {{1839-01: ; //1839-02: , }}

Line-01-047 A hideous throng rush out forever,

Line-01-048 [[indent]] And laugh — but smile no more.