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 FAIRY LAND(excerpts) by Edgar Allan Poe  (1809-1849) Orphaned at a young age, raised by a good couple, Poe had trouble finding his way. He married in 1836, but his wife died two years later. In 1845 "The Raven" became an instant success. He died young, at 40, the cause of which was not completely known. Suffice it to say alcohol, heart problems, cholera,brain trauma, rabies and TB were some of the guesses at the time......

 Dim vales, and shadowy floods

 ....... the tears that drip all over.

 Huge moons there wax and wane

 They put out the star light with the breath from their pale faces.

 in easy drapery falls

 Over hamlets....

 Over halls.....

 O'er  the sea

 Over spirits on the wing 

 Buries them up  in a labyrinth of light.

  O deep is  their sleep.

 In the morning they arise

 .... is soaring in the skies

 The tempests as they toss like almost any thing

 Those butterflies of earth, who seek the skies

 and so come down again

 ....upon their quivering wings.

 "Fairyland" by Edgar Allan Poe. From The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. First published in 1829

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