Lenore: That Rare And Radiant Maiden

Author: Eduardo Freire Canosa

Gustave Doré

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.

Edgar Allan Poe, 1845: The Raven.


Index

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  1.   Who Really Was Guy de Vere?
  2.   Sir Aubrey de Vere's Julian the Apostate, a dramatic Poem (1822)
  3.   Sir Aubrey de Vere's The Duke of Mercia, an historical Drama. The Lamentation of Ireland, and other Poems (1823)
  4.   Sir Aubrey de Vere's A Song of Faith: Devout Exercises and Sonnets (1842)
  5.   The Identity of Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore
  6.   Afterword: Elizabeth Doten (1829-1913)



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