PRErACE TO THE POBMS I
Poems rublished before 1845 and not included ln the Edition or that Year
{a) From Tamerlane and other Poems, 1827.
‘ The Happiest Uav, the Happiest Hour ’ . 5
Stanzas (‘ In joulh have I known one with whom the Earth ’) h
Evening Star . "
Xlreanio 8
(h) From 4/ iaraaf, Tnimrlane and M inor Poems, &29
Spirits of the i>t ad . . 9
To M .10
The Paven avu othir Poems, 184")
iJedication . 13
Piefaco . 14
*Tho Haven 15
The Valley of Unrest 20
•Biidal Ballad 20
The SloejHir 21
The t’oliseuni 23
’Ja'Iioio . 24
Catholic H^I mil 25
Israfel . 20
•Dreamland 27
Sonnet — to Xante 29
The City in the Sea . . 29
*To Olio in Paradise _ 3 j
Eulalie — a Song . 32
To F — ^ — s S O- <1 32
To F . . . . . . 33
Sonnet— Silence _ 33
•The Conqueror AVorin . 3 .^
• Revised after the I,orimer (irubam copj

vi CJONTENTS
tAOJt
The Haunted Palace . . . .36
Scenes from ‘ Politian ’ . .37
Poems watprEif ik Youth
Sonnet — ^to Science . 01
A1 Aaraaf . 61
Poe’s Notes to ‘ A1 Aaraaf ’ . 72
Tamerlane . . 76
A Dream . . .82
Romance 82
Faiiy-land 83
To (‘The bowers whereat, in dreams, I ace ’) 84
To the River 84
The Jjake — To . 85
Song (■ I saw thee on thy bridal day ) 86
To Helen (‘ Helen, thy beauty is to me ’) 80
Fbom Works or the i.ate E A Poe (Grisw old, 1 S.'iO), and ‘ Alone ’
To M. L S 89
An Enigma . 89
A Valentme 90
Annabel Lee 90
The Bells 91
Eldorado 94
Ulalume . 95
To Helen (‘ I saw thee once — once only— years ago ’) 98
Xo (‘ Not long ago, the writer of these lines ’) 99
For Annie ^90
To my Mother • 193
A Dream withm a Dream 193
Alone (Scribner's Magazine, 1876) 194
Other Texts for some of the Poems.
Spinte of the Dead (Visit of the Dead, 1827) . .107
The Valley of Unrest (The Valley Nis, 1 831 ) . 198
The Sleeper (Irene, 1831) . 199
Lenore (A Paean, 1831) . . . . • 11
Lenore (1843 text) . . . . 112
Israfel (1831 text) . .114
The City in the Sea (The Doomed City, 1831 ) . 116
Tamerlane (1827 text) •
Poe’s Notes to 1827 text 128
A Bomance (Introduction, 1831) 130
Fairy-land (1831 text) . . -132
The Lake (1827 text) . 133
The Bells (First Draft) . 134
Note on the same 135
To (To Mane Louise, MS text) 135
A Dream withm a Dream (Imitation, 1827) 136
A Dream wit^u* * Iiroemi (To , 1829) 137
Bibliographt . 139
Notes — Matn t.y Textual 149
Index to First Lines . 163
PROSE
Three Essays on Poetry.
The Poetic Prmciple 165
The Philosophy of Composition . 189
The Rationale of Verse . 203
NARRATIVE OF A GORDON PYM 249
Misoellantes
The Bystem of Dr Tarr and Prof. Fethei 433
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. 451
How to write a Blachmod Article 470
A Predicament . 480
Mystihoation . 489
X-ing a Paragrab 498
Diddling, considered as one of the Exact Sciences 504
The Angel of the Odd. An Eixtravaganza . 516
MeUonta Tauta . . 524
Igss of Breath . 538
The Man that was used up . 651
The Busmess Man ... 56