CONTENTS

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi
INTRODUCTION xv
PREFACE AND DEDICATION TO THE VOLUME OF 1845 xxxiii
 
POEMS
The Raven 3
The Bells 13
Ulalume 22
Bridal Ballad 29
Lenore 30
A Valentine 34
An Enigma 37
To Helen 38
Annabel Lee 41
For Annie 42
To F——s S. O——d 46
To —— —— 46
The City in the Sea 48
The Conqueror Worm 50
The Sleeper 54
The Coliseum 57
Dreamland 58
Eulalie 62
To my Mother 63
Eldorado 64
To F—— 67
To One in Paradise 68
Hymn 71
A Dream within a Dream 72
To Zante 75
The Haunted Palace 76
Silence 82
Israfel 85
To M. L. S—— 89
The Valley of Unrest 90
 
POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH
To Helen 93
Sonnet: To Science 94
Spirits of the Dead 95
Evening Star 96
Fairyland 99
The Lake: To —— 101
A Dream 102
A Pæan 103
“The Happiest Day” 105
Alone 106
Stanzas (“In youth I have known one”) 107
To —— (“The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see”) 110
To the River 111
To —— (“I heed not that my earthly lot”) 111
Song 112
Dreams 113
Romance 114
Tamerlane 115
Al Aaraaf 127
Notes to Al Aaraaf 144
 
SCENES FROM “POLITIAN” 149
 
LETTER TO MR. ——: Introduction to Poems (1831) 171
ESSAY ON THE POETIC PRINCIPLE 185
ESSAY ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION 211