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Lenore - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Lenore

By Edgar Allan PoeSource: Edgar Allan Poe - PoetryDB (Public Domain)275 words

Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!

Let the bell toll!--a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river.

And, Guy de Vere, hast _thou_ no tear?--weep now or never more!

See! on yon drear and rigid bier low lies thy love, Lenore!

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