Ulalume The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were
Publié le 05/04/2015
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She revels in an ether of sighs:
She has seen that the tears are not dry on
These cheeks, where the worm never dies
And has come past the stars of the Lion
To point us the path to the skies -
To the Lethean peace of the skies -
Come up, in despite of the Lion,
To shine on us with her bright eyes -
Come up through the lair of the Lion,
With love in her luminous eyes.
”
But Psyche, uplifting her finger
Said — “ Sadly this star I mistrust -
Her pallor I strangely mistrust: -
Oh hasten! — oh, let us not linger!
Oh, fly! — let us fly! — for we must.
”
In terror she spoke, letting sink her
Wings until they trailed in the dust -
In agony sobbed, letting sink her
Plumes till they trailed in the dust -
Till they sorrowfully trailed in the dust.
I replied — “ This is nothing but dreaming:
Let us on by this tremulous light!
Let us bathe in this crystalline light!
Its Sibyllic splendor is beaming
With Hope and in Beauty tonight: -
See! — it flickers up the sky through the night!
Ah, we safely may trust to its gleaming,
And be sure it will lead us aright -
We safely may trust to a gleaming
That cannot but guide us aright,
Since it flickers up to Heaven through the night.
”
Thus I pacified Psyche and kissed her,
And tempted her out of her gloom -
And conquered her scruples and gloom;
And we passed to the end of the vista,
But were stopped by the door of a tomb -
By the door of a legended tomb;
And I said — “ What is written, sweet sister,
On the door of this legended tomb? ”
She replied — “ Ulalume - Ulalume -
'T is the vault of thy lost Ulalume! ”
Then my heart it grew ashen and sober
As the leaves that were crisped and sere -.
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