Лигейя
HowhadIdeservedtobesoblessedbysuchconfessions? —howhadIdeservedtobesocursedwiththeremovalofmybelovedinthehourofhermakingthem, ButuponthissubjectIcannotbeartodilate. Letmesayonly,thatinLigeia’smorethanwomanlyabandonmenttoalove,alas! allunmerited,allunworthilybestowed,Iatlengthrecognizedtheprincipleofherlongingwithsowildlyearnestadesireforthelifewhichwasnowfleeingsorapidlyaway. Itisthiswildlonging—itisthiseagervehemenceofdesireforlife—butforlife—thatIhavenopowertoportray—noutterancecapableofexpressing.
Athighnoonofthenightinwhichshedeparted,beckoningme,peremptorily,toherside,shebademerepeatcertainversescomposedbyherselfnotmanydaysbefore. Iobeyedher. —Theywerethese:
Lo!’tisagalanight
Withinthelonesomelatteryears!
Anangelthrong,bewinged,bedight
Inveils,anddrownedintears,
Sitinatheatre,tosee
Aplayofhopesandfears,
Whiletheorchestrabreathesfitfully
Themusicofthespheres.
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