The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, with original memoir. Illustrated by F. R. Pickersgill, R.A., John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darlay [and others]

THE HAUNTED PALACE.
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
VWas the fair palace-door,
Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing,
And sparkling evermore,
A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing,
i1n voices of surpassing beauty,
Th'l'e wit and wisdonm of tlheir king
I3But evil tlhings, ill robes of sorrow,
Assailed thle monarch's high estate.
(Abl, let us mourn! for never morrow
81hall dawn uponll hi desolate!)
And round about his home, the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
Alnd tlanvellers low, withlil tllat valley,
Thl'lrollgll the recd-litten windows see
VTast fnrims, t:hat move fantastically
To, a discordant melodyl,
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