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The Bells and Other Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

The Bells and Other Poems is a collection by Edgar Allan Poe, which includes the titular poem "The Bells." This collection showcases Poe’s mastery over the macabre, the mysterious, and the melodious aspects of poetry. The poems oscillate between the eerie tranquility of the beautiful and the unsettling whispers of the supernatural.

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And their king it is who tolls;
          And he rolls, rolls, rolls,
              Rolls
            A paean from the bells!
       And his merry bosom swells
          With the paean of the bells!
       And he dances, and he yells;
       Keeping time, time, time,
       In a sort of Runic rhyme,
          To the paean of the bells--
              Of the bells:
       Keeping time, time, time,
       In a sort of Runic rhyme,
          To the throbbing of the bells
       Of the bells, bells, bells--
          To the sobbing of the bells;
       Keeping time, time, time,
          As he knells, knells, knells,
       In a happy Runic rhyme,
          To the rolling of the bells--
       Of the bells, bells, bells:
          To the tolling of the bells,
       Of the bells, bells, bells, bells--
          Bells, bells, bells--
   To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.






_EULALIE--A SONG_


             I dwelt alone
             In a world of moan,
   And my soul was a stagnant tide,
Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride--
Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

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The Bells and Other Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

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