Text: Edgar Allan Poe, “Eulalie — A Song” (Study Text - RAOP-JLG)


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Title: EULALIE — A SONG.

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Line-01-001 [[indent]] I  DWELT alone

Line-01-002 [[indent]] In a world of moan,

Line-01-003 [[indent]] And my soul was a stagnant tide,

Line-01-004 Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride —

Line-01-005 Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

Line-01-006 [[indent]] Ah, less — less bright

Line-01-007 [[indent]] The stars of the night

Line-01-008 [[indent]] Than the eyes of the radiant girl!

Line-01-009 [[indent]] And never a flake

Line-01-010 [[indent]] That the {{1845-01: vapour //1849-02: vapor }} can make

Line-01-011 [[indent]] With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,

Line-01-012 Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl —

Line-01-013 Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless curl.

Line-01-014 [[indent]] Now Doubt — now Pain

Line-01-015 [[indent]] Come never again,

Line-01-016 [[indent]] For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,

Line-01-017 [[indent]] And all day long

Line-01-018 [[indent]] Shines, bright and strong,

Line-01-019 [[indent]] Astarté within the sky,

Line-01-020 While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye —

Line-01-021 While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.


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[[Alternate presentation giving the text as originally printed, with indications for Poe's changes]]

[page 24:]

EULALIE — A SONG.

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DWELT alone

In a world of moan,

And my soul was a stagnant tide,

Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride —

Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

Ah, less — less bright

The stars of the night

Than the eyes of the radiant girl!

And never a flake

That the vapo<<u>>r can make

With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,

Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl —

Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless curl.

Now Doubt — now Pain

Come never again,

For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,

And all day long

Shines, bright and strong,

Astarté within the sky,

While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye —

While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.


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Notes:

For an explanation of the formatting used in this Study Text, see editorial policies and methods. This format is very much an experiment, particularly for poetry. For the version with changes applied, see the full poem.

Because Poe's changes here are made in his own copy of The Raven and other Poems, the pagination of that edition has been retained in the present text.

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