 With the fervor of thy lute: Well may the stars be mute! Yes, Heaven is thine; but this Is a world of sweets and sours; Our flowers are merely — flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath...  Self Culture - Seite 4811899Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Kathryn Schultz Miller - 1981 - 28 Seiten
...Boston. POE. {Stands and walks as he speaks] If 1 could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he were I, He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody,...than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. [POE sits, picks up a black book and pen, begins to write:] "The Tell-Tale Heart." continue. POE will... | |
 | Gary Richard Thompson, Virgil Llewellyn Lokke - 1981 - 412 Seiten
...implicit in the last stanza of Poe's poem: If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he where 1, He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody,...than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. What manner of "bolder note" would Poe sing out if he were in Israfel's position? We remember that... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 2004 - 450 Seiten
...sours; Our flowers are merely — flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he...than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. The City in the Sea Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down within... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1984 - 1440 Seiten
...sours; Our flowers are merely — flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. ave my l` The Sleeper At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An opiate vapour, dewy,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...are merely — flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. (1. 40—44) 28 utable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes th (1. 50-51) AA; AmPP; AWP; BLPL; LiTA; NAAL-1; NOBA; OxBA; PoE; PoEL-4; TAP Lenore 29 Ah, broken is... | |
 | Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - 1998 - 598 Seiten
...bliss / Is the sunshine of ours." The earthbound celebrant of the angel's heavenly song concludes, If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he...than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. Poe's aesthetic inevitably burdened many of his lines with abstract diction, but several of his lyrics... | |
 | Arthur Hobson Quinn - 1997 - 872 Seiten
...flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours." Finally the challenge rang out: "If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he where I, 31 As before, I quote the best form, that of the Lorimer Graham copy of the 1845 edition. Important... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1994 - 580 Seiten
...of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he were I, He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody,...than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. Only removal from this world would elevate poetry to its true fulfillment. The most brutal poem in... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 2000 - 678 Seiten
...Our flowers are merely — flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. 45 If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he...He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody, 50 While a bolder note than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. [1831-1845] VARIANTS Motto:... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 Seiten
...sours; Our flowers are merely— flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he...than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. 1831 The City in the Sea Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down... | |
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