Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-16

conspicuous in his later than 10 his earlier writ,
ings. Nearly all that he wrote 10 The last tvo
or three years-inclcdng much VI bis bes, No,
uy-was in some sense biographical; in dram.
RIGS Of his imagination, those who had laLsn
the trouble 10 trace his steps, could perceive
but slightly concealed, The figure Of himself
There are perhaps some OF our reacers Who
will understand the sllusions Of The foIlow;n.
beautiiui poem. MIR Poe preserved ii 10 MS 10
The writer OF these phs, just before be l.lr
New York recently, remarking that II was The
last thing he had written.
ANNABEL LEE.
It many and many year ago,
In 4 XII gdom by the sea
That maiden thero lived whom You may know
By the name OF AasAEEL LEE;
And tins maiden she lived with no other thought
Than 10 owe and be loved by me.
was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with love that was more than lov.
and my AHSABEL LR7-
With love that the winged seraphs OF heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that long ago,
In this Kingdom by the saa,
A wind blew cut OF a cloud, chilling
Ny beautiful AKSABrL Lee;
SO that her high born kinrmen came
And bore her away from mo-
! To shut her up In sepu!chre
/ In this kingdom by the sea.
| The angels, not half so happy In heaven.
Went envying her and NE
Yes !-that was the reason las all men know
In this kingdom by The sea)
/ That the wind came out Of The cloud by nluht
| Chilling and killing my AssABRL Lee.
But our love it stronger by far than tho love
| or those who were older than we
fmaHy far wiser than we
I And neither the angels In heaven above,
! Nor the demons down under the sea,
! Can ever discover soul from the soul
OF the beautiful AssAsEL Lee:
For The never beams, without bringing me dreams
OF the beautiful AssABFL Lee;
And the stars never rise, but feel the bright eyes
or the beautiful ANsi8HL LEE:
| And so all the nisht-tldr, lie down by the side
or my darling-my darling-my life and my BRIDE
la her sepuicbre there by the sea
! In ner tomb by tie sounding sea.
| We mus, omi, any particular criticism OF MIR
Poe's works. As wriler Of tales il will he adj.
milied generally, that he was scarcely surpassed
| in inse0uily OF construction or effective painting
As critic, he was more remarkable as cissec.
| ter ot sentences than as commenler upon IDEAS
he was lille better han carping gtammarian.
As poet, he will retain mes, horora Bile rank.
OF his Raven" Mr.. Willis observes, tina, in
bis opinion "it is the most effective single exam.
pie OF fugitive poetry ever published in this cuun-
Try, and is unsurpassed in English poetry for sub
Tie conception, mastery ingenuity Of veisfca.
ton, and consistent sustaining oi imaginative
ill.," 10 poetry, as in prose, he was mos sue.
cesstul in The metaphysical treatment Of the pas,
sions His poems are constructed with wonder.
full ingenuity, and finished Wi consuumale art.
! They illustrate morbid sensitiVeness OF feeling.
a shadowy and gloomy imagination and a lasle
almost aullless 10 the apprehension Of that sort
Of beauty most agreeable 10 bis temper
We have not learned he circums,alc,s OF his
death. 1t was sudden, and rom The tact that it
occurred in Baltimore, il is 10 be presumed that
he was on his return 10 New York.
"Aner lifs's ftful fever he sleeps we'll"
LUDWIG