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The mountain pinnacles slumber valleys crags and caves	A
are silent	B
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LISTEN to me said the Demon as he placed his hand	C
upon my head The region of which I speak is a dreary	D
region in Libya by the borders of the river Zaeire And	E
there is no quiet there nor silence	F
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The waters of the river have a saffron and sickly hue and	E
they flow not onward to the sea but palpitate forever and	E
forever beneath the red eye of the sun with a tumultuous and	E
convulsive motion For many miles on either side of the	G
river's oozy bed is a pale desert of gigantic water lilies	H
They sigh one unto the other in that solitude and stretch	I
towards the heaven their long and ghastly necks and nod to	J
and fro their everlasting heads And there is an indistinct	K
murmur which cometh out from among them like the rushing of	L
subterrene water And they sigh one unto the other	M
	-
But there is a boundary to their realm the boundary	D
of the dark horrible lofty forest There like the waves	A
about the Hebrides the low underwood is agitated	N
continually But there is no wind throughout the heaven And	E
the tall primeval trees rock eternally hither and thither	D
with a crashing and mighty sound And from their high	O
summits one by one drop everlasting dews And at the	G
roots strange poisonous flowers lie writhing in perturbed	P
slumber And overhead with a rustling and loud noise the	G
gray clouds rush westwardly forever until they roll a	G
cataract over the fiery wall of the horizon But there is	Q
no wind throughout the heaven And by the shores of the	G
river Zaeire there is neither quiet nor silence	F
	-
It was night and the rain fell and falling it was rain	R
but having fallen it was blood And I stood in the morass	S
among the tall lilies and the rain fell upon my head	T
and the lilies sighed one unto the other in the solemnity of	L
their desolation	U
	-
And all at once the moon arose through the thin ghastly	D
mist and was crimson in color And mine eyes fell upon a	G
huge gray rock which stood by the shore of the river and was	V
lighted by the light of the moon And the rock was gray and	E
ghastly and tall and the rock was gray Upon its	W
front were characters engraven in the stones and I walked	X
through the morass of water lilies until I came close unto	J
the shore that I might read the characters upon the stone	Y
But I could not decipher them And I was going back into the	G
morass when the moon shone with a fuller red and I turned	Z
and looked again upon the rock and upon the	G
characters and the characters were DESOLATION	U
	-
And I looked upwards and there stood a man upon the summit	A2
of the rock and I hid myself among the water lilies that I	O
might discover the action of the man And the man was tall	B2
and stately in form and wrapped up from his shoulders to	J
his feet in the toga of old Rome And the outlines of his	Q
figure were indistinct but his features were the	G
features of a deity for the mantle of the night and of the	G
mist and of the moon and of the dew had left uncovered	C2
the features of his face And his brow was lofty with	D2
thought and his eye wild with care and in the few furrows	Q
upon his cheek I read the fables of sorrow and weariness	Q
and disgust with mankind and a longing after solitude	E2
	-
And the man sat upon the rock and leaned his head upon his	Q
hand and looked out upon the desolation He looked down	F2
into the low unquiet shrubbery and up into the tall	B2
primeval trees and up higher at the rustling heaven and	E
into the crimson moon And I lay close within shelter of the	G
lilies and observed the actions of the man And the man	G2
trembled in the solitude but the night waned and he	D
sat upon the rock	H2
	-
And the man turned his attention from the heaven and	E
looked out upon the dreary river Zaeire and upon the yellow	I2
ghastly waters and upon the pale legions of the water lilies	Q
And the man listened to the sighs of the water lilies	Q
and to the murmur that came up from among them And	E
I lay close within my covert and observed the actions of the	G
man And the man trembled in the solitude but the	G
night waned and he sat upon the rock	H2
	-
Then I went down into the recesses of the morass and waded	J2
afar in among the wilderness of the lilies and called unto	J
the hippopotami which dwelt among the fens in the recesses	Q
of the morass And the hippopotami heard my call and came	K2
with the behemoth unto the foot of the rock and roared	L2
loudly and fearfully beneath the moon And I lay close	Q
within my covert and observed the actions of the man And	E
the man trembled in the solitude but the night waned	M2
and he sat upon the rock	H2
	-
Then I cursed the elements with the curse of tumult and a	G
frightful tempest gathered in the heaven where before there	D
had been no wind And the heaven became livid with the	G
violence of the tempest and the rain beat upon the	G
head of the man and the floods of the river came	K2
down and the river was tormented into foam and	E
the water lilies shrieked within their beds and the	G
forest crumbled before the wind and the thunder	D
rolled and the lightning fell and the rock	H2
rocked to its foundation And I lay close within my covert	N2
and observed the actions of the man And the man trembled in	O2
the solitude but the night waned and he sat upon the	G
rock	H2
	-
Then I grew angry and cursed with the curse of silence	Q
the river and the lilies and the wind and the forest and	E
the heaven and the thunder and the sighs of the water lilies	Q
And they became accursed and were still And	E
the moon ceased to totter up its pathway to heaven and	E
the thunder died away and the lightning did not	P2
flash and the clouds hung motionless and the	G
waters sunk to their level and remained and the trees	Q
ceased to rock and the water lilies sighed no	I2
more and the murmur was heard no longer from among	Q2
them nor any shadow of sound throughout the vast	R2
illimitable desert And I looked upon the characters of the	G
rock and they were changed and the characters were	D
SILENCE	Q
	-
And mine eyes fell upon the countenance of the man and his	Q
countenance was wan with terror And hurriedly he raised	S2
his head from his hand and stood forth upon the rock and	E
listened But there was no voice throughout the vast	R2
illimitable desert and the characters upon the rock were	D
SILENCE And the man shuddered and turned his face away	T2
and fled afar off in haste so that I beheld him no more	D
	-
	-
	-
Now there are fine tales in the volumes of the Magi in	O2
the iron bound melancholy volumes of the Magi Therein I	O
say are glorious histories of the Heaven and of the Earth	U2
and of the mighty Sea and of the Genii that overruled	V2
the sea and the earth and the lofty heaven There was much	W2
lore too in the sayings which were said by the sybils and	E
holy holy things were heard of old by the dim leaves that	X2
trembled around Dodona but as Allah liveth that	X2
fable which the demon told me as he sat by my side in the	G
shadow of the tomb I hold to be the most wonderful of all	B2
And as the Demon made an end of his story he fell back	Y2
within the cavity of the tomb and laughed And I could not	P2
laugh with the Demon and he cursed me because I could not	P2
laugh And the lynx which dwelleth forever in the tomb came	K2
out therefrom and lay down at the feet of the Demon and	E
looked at him steadily in the face	Q

Edgar Allan Poe

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