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Who is king but Epiphanes?
Say — do you know?
Who is king but Epiphanes?
Bravo — bravo!
There is none but Epiphanes,
No — there is none:
So tear down the temples,
And put out the sun!
Who is king but Epiphanes?
Say — do you know?
Who is king but Epiphanes?
Bravo — bravo!
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Notes:
This version shows the poem as it was published, as part of the tale “Epimanes” in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.
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[S:1 - TGA, 1840] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Poems - Song of Triumph (Text-03)