...towers had thrust aside, In slightly sinking, the dull tide— As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven. The waves have now a redder...rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence. SONNET—SILENCE There are some qualities—some incorporate things, That have a double life, which...

...towers had thrust aside, In slightly sinking, the dull tide— As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven. The waves have now a redder...rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence. 1 This is one of the most esteemed and least explained of Poe's poems. Critics cannot even agree as...

...within the filmy heaven. The waves have now a redder glow; The hours are breathing faint and low; 50 And when, amid no earthly moans, Down, down that town...rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence. 1831 TO ONE IN PARADISE Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle...

...slightly sinking, the dull tide — As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven . . . And when, amid no earthly moans, Down, down that town...rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence. This last image seems a reference to Isaiah 14:9: "Hell stirreth up the dead for thee; it hath raised...

...concentration" is also a sign of insanity. Poe plays on the folk belief that the insane see the world of spirit. In the greenest of our valleys, By good angels tenanted,...Radiant palace — reared its head. In the monarch Thought s dominion — It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair. II. Banners...

...the filmy Heaven. The waves have now a redder glow — The hours are breathing faint and low — 50 And when, amid no earthly moans, Down, down that town...rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence. [1831-1845] VARIANTS Title: The City in the Sea. A Prophecy 28-35 These lines do not appear in C (C)...

...this, forming the conclusion of the poem called "The City in the Sea," and to be found at page 22 — And when, amid no earthly moans Down, down, that town...rising from a thousand thrones Shall do it reverence. But unfortunately Mrs Sigourney, in a little poem called "Musing Thoughts," first published in "The...

...article on Poe in the Febtuaty 1 845 Gtaham's Magnine by James Russell Lowell has been widely tepnnted. THE HAUNTED PALACE. In the greenest of our valleys,...Once a fair and stately palace — Radiant palace — rear'd its head. In the monarch Thoughr's dominion — It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion...

...throne. The verses, which were entitled "The Haunted Palace," ran very nearly, if not accurately, thus: I In the greenest of our valleys, By good angels tenanted,...monarch Thought's dominion — It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair. II Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did...

...towers had thrown aside, In slightly sinking, the dull tide — As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven. The waves have now a redder...rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence. To One in Paradise Thou wast all that to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the...