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Index of First Lines of Poe's Poems

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This index of first lines from Poe's poems is in strict alphabetical order. Contrary to the usual rules for such a sequence, all words have been included, regardless of their function. Where the same line occurs in multiple versions of the poem, the entry points only to the earliest version available on this site. To avoid confusion, first lines beginning with articles (such as “A” or “The”) have been alphabetized both traditionally, without the article, and with the article.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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~~ A ~~

“A dark unfathom ’d tide” (”Imitation”)
“A wilder ’d being from my birth” (”[A Dream]”)
“Ah broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!” (”Lenore”)
“As for Locke, he is all in my eye” (”[Lines on Joe Locke]”)
“At midnight in the month of June” (”The Sleeper”)
“At morn — at noon — at twilight dim —” (”Catholic Hymn”)

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~~ B ~~

“Because I feel that, in the Heavens above” (”To My Mother”)
“Because the angels in the Heavens above” (”To My Mother”)
“The bells! — hear the bells!” (”The Bells”)
“Beloved! amid the earnest woes” (”To F—”)
“The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see” (”To — —”)
“By a route obscure and lonely” (”Dream-Land”)

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~~ D ~~

“A dark unfathom ’d tide” (”Imitation”)
“Deep in Earth my love is lying” (”[Deep in Earth]”)
“Dim vales — and shadowy floods —” (”Fairyland”)
“The dying swan by northern lakes” (”Fanny”)

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~~ E ~~

“Eliza! — let thy generous heart” (”Lines Written in an Album”)
“Elizabeth it is in vain you say” (”[An Acrostic]”)
“Elizabeth — it surely is most fit” (”[Elizabeth]”)

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~~ F ~~

“Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers” (”Sonnet — To Zante”)
“Fair maiden, let thy generous heart” (”To —”)
“Fair river! in thy bright,clear flow” (”To the River — —”)
“Fairies guard the Queen of May” (”[May Queen Ode]”)
“Far away — far away —” (”The Valley Nis” [”The Valley of Unrest”])
“Fill with mingled cream and amber” (”[Lines on Ale]”) (rejected)
“For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes” (”A Valentine”)
“From childhood's hour I have not been” (”[Alone]”)

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~~ G ~~

“Gaily bedight” (”Eldorado”)

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~~ H ~~

“The happiest day — the happiest hour” (”[The Happiest Day]”)
“Hark, echo! — Hark; echo!” (”Spiritual Song”)
“Hear the sledges with the bells —” (”The Bells”)
“Helen, thy beauty is to me” (”To Helen”)
“How shall the burial rite be read?” (”A Paean”)

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~~ I ~~

“I Dwelt alone” (”Eulalie — A Song”)
“I have sent for thee, holy friar;” (”Tamerlane”)
“I saw thee on the bridal day;” (”To — —” [”Song”])
“I saw thee on thy bridal day —” (”To — —” [”Song]”)
“I saw thee once — once only — years ago” (”To Helen”)
“I would not lord it o ’er thy heart” (”To — — [Violet Vane””)
“I ’ll tell you a plan for gaining wealth” (”Epigram for Wallstreet”) (rejected)
“In Heaven a spirit doth dwell” (”Israfel”)
“In spring of youth, it was my lot” (”The Lake — To —”)
“In the greenest of our valleys” (”The Haunted Palace”)
“In visions of the dark night” (”A Dream”)
“In youth have I known one with whom the Earth” (”[Untitled]”)
“In youth's spring, it was my lot” (”The Lake”)
“It was many and many a year ago” (”Annabel Lee”)
“It was my choice or chance or curse” (”[To Isaac Lea”)

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~~ K ~~

“Kind solace in a dying hour! —” (“Tamerlane” 1829 version)

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~~ L ~~

“Lady! I would that verse of mine” (”Stanzas”)
“Last night, with cares and toils oppress ’d” (”Poetry”)
“Lo! Death has reared himself a throne” (”The City in the Sea”)
“Lo! Death hath rear ’d himself a throne” (”The Doomed City” [”The City in the Sea”])
“Lo! ‘tis a gala night” (”The Conqueror Worm”)

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~~ M ~~

“Mary, amid the cares — the woes” (”To Mary”)
“Mille, mille, mille” (”[Latin Hymn]”)
“Mysterious Star!” (”Al Aaraaf”)

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~~ N ~~

“The noblest name in Allegory's page” (”Enigma”)

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~~ O ~~

“O! I care not that my earthly lot” (”To M—”)
“O! nothing earthly save the ray” (”Al Aaraaf”)
“O, Times! O, Manners! It is my opinion” (”O, Tempora! O, Mores!”)
“Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!” (”Dreams”)
“Of all who hail thy presence as the morning —” (”To Mrs. M. L. S.”)
“Once it smiled a silent dell” (”The Valley of Unrest”)
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” (”The Raven”)
“The only king by right divine” (”The Divine Right of Kings”)

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~~ P ~~

“The pulse beats ten and intermits” (”Beloved Physician”)

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~~ R ~~

“Romance who loves to nod and sing” (”Preface” [”Romance”])
“The ring is on my hand” (”Bridal Ballad”)

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~~ S ~~

“Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes” (”Catholic Hymn”)
“Science! meet daughter of old Time thou art” (”[Sonnet — To Science”]
“See the White Eagle soaring aloft to the sky” (”[A Campaign Song]”)
“'seldom we find, ’ says Solomon Don Dunce” (”Sonnet” [”An Enigma”])
“Seraph! thy memory is to me” (”To One Departed”)
“Should my early life seem,” (”To — —”)
“Sit down beside me, Isabel” (”Fairy Land”)
“The skies they were ashen and sober” (”Ulalume”)
“Sleep on, sleep on, another hour —” (”To — —”)
“So sweet the hour — so calm the time” (”Serenade”)

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~~ T ~~

“ ’T is now (so sings the soaring moon)” (”Irene” [”The Sleeper”)
“Take this kiss upon the brow!” (”A Dream Within a Dream”)
“Thank Heaven! — the crisis —” (”For Annie”)
“The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see” (”To — —”)
“The happiest day — the happiest hour” (”[The Happiest Day]”)
“There are some qualities — some incorporate things” (”Sonnet — Silence”)
“Thou wast all that to me, love” (”To One in Paradise”)
“Thou wouldst be loved? — then let thy heart” (”To F—s S. O——d.”)
“Though I turn, I fly not” (”To Miss Loiuse Olivia Hunter”)
“Thy soul shall find itself alone —” (”Visit of the Dead” [”Spirits of the Dead”])
“ ’Twas noontide of summer,”*nbsp; (”Evening Star”)
“Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary” (”The Coliseum”)

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~~ W ~~

“When from your gems of thought I turn” (”Impromptu. To Kate Carol”)
“When wit, and wine, and friends have met” (”[To Octavia]”)
“Who hath seduced thee to this foul revolt” (”To Margaret”)
“Who is king but Epiphanes?” (”[Song of Triumph]”)
“A wilder ’d being from my birth” (”[A Dream]”)
“Would'st thou be loved? — then let thy heart” (”To Elizabeth”)

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