A poet-rascal-clown was born, The frightened child who would not eat Or sleep, a boy of meager bone. He never learned to fly a kite,…

I When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead— When the cloud is scattered The rainbow’s glory is shed. When the…

I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright:…

She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as…

In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy Tree, Thy branches ne’er remember their green felicity; The north cannot undo them With a sleety whistle through…

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards…

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I                                …

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—     While I nodded,…

Because I could not stop for Death –  He kindly stopped for me –  The Carriage held but just Ourselves –  And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no…

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near,…