Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poems

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Take this kiss upon the brow!And in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow-You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream... --From A Dream Within a DreamHis poem The Raven caused a sensation, and was nevermore forgotten, but Edgar Allan Poe produced many more powerful and haunting verses. The Bells vividly describes the varied meanings and sounds of the chimes, from merry wedding bells to "brazen" alarms to death tolls. Go back to the "kingdom by the sea" where Annabel Lee lived, loved, and died. Forty-eight poems in all will keep readers riveted.

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Born Boston, Mass, 1809, d.1849. Deserted by his father, and his mother died when he was two. Raised by John Allan, a merchant, and his wife Frances. Published his first work, Tamerlaine and Other Poems, in 1827; The Raven and Other Poems was a Great success in 1845. His many stories are collected in Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Died of drink in Baltimore. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.