Text: Edgar Allan Poe, “Lenore” (Comparative Text - RAOP and PPA)


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Texts Represented:

  • 1845-01 - The Raven and Other Poems (1845)
  • 1849-02 - The Poets and Poetry of America (10th edition, dated 1850, but available late in 1849)

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Title: LENORE.

Rule: {{1845-01: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //1849-02: —— }}

Line-01-001: AH, broken is the golden bowl! {{1845-01: the //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] The }} spirit flown forever!

Line-01-002: Let the bell toll! {{1845-01: — a //1849-02: [[new line]] A }} saintly soul {{1845-01: floats //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Floats }} on the Stygian river;

Line-01-003: And, {{1845-01: Guy De Vere //1849-02: GUY DE VERE }} , {{1845-01: hast //1849-02: [[new line]] Hast }} thou no tear? {{1845-01: — weep //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Weep }} now or never more!

Line-01-004: See {{1845-01: ! //1849-02: , }} on yon drear {{1845-01: and //1849-02: [[new line]] And }} rigid bier {{1845-01: low //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Low }} lies thy love, {{1845-01: Lenore //1849-02: LENORE }} !

Line-01-005: Come {{1845-01: ! //1849-02: , }} let the burial rite be read — {{1845-01: the //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] The }} funeral song be sung! —

Line-01-006: An anthem for the queenliest dead {{1845-01: that // 1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] That }} ever died so young —

Line-01-007: A dirge for her the doubly dead {{1845-01: in //1849-02: , [[new line]] [[indented]] In }} that she died so young {{1845-01: . //1849-02: ! }}

Line-01-008: “Wretches! ye loved her for her wealth {{1845-01: and // 1849-02: , [[new line]] [[indented]] And }} hated her for her pride {{1845-01: , //1849-02: ; }}

Line-01-009: {{1845-01: “  }} And when she fell in feeble health, {{1845-01: ye blessed //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Ye bless’d }} her — that she died!

Line-01-010: {{1845-01: “  }} How shall the ritual, then, be read? {{1845-01: — the //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] The }} requiem how be sung

Line-01-011: {{1845-01: “  }} By you — by yours, the evil eye {{1845-01: , }}{{1845-01: by //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] By }} yours, the slanderous tongue

Line-01-012: {{1845-01: “  }} That did to death the innocence {{1845-01: that //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] That }} died, and died so young?”

Line-01-013: Peccavimus; {{1845-01: but //1849-02: [[new line]] But }} rave not thus! {{1845-01: and //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] And }} let a {{1845-01: Sabbath //1849-02: sabbath }} song

Line-01-014: {{1849-02: [[indented]] }} Go up to God so solemnly {{1849-02: , }} the dead may feel no wrong!

Line-01-015: The sweet {{1845-01: Lenore hath //1849-02: LENORE [[new line]] Hath }} “gone before,” {{1845-01: with //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] With }} Hope, that flew beside,

Line-01-016: Leaving thee wild {{1845-01: for //1849-02: [[new line]] For }} the dear child {{1845-01: that //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] That }} should have been thy bride —

Line-01-017: For her, the fair {{1845-01: and //1849-02: [[new line]] And }} debonair, {{1845-01: that //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] That }} now so lowly lies,

Line-01-018: The life upon her yellow hair {{1845-01: but //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] But }} not within her eyes —

Line-01-019: The life still there, {{1845-01: upon //1849-02: [[new line]] Upon }} her hair — {{1845-01: the //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] The }} death upon her eyes.

Line-01-020: “Avaunt! to-night {{1845-01: my //1849-02: [[new line]] My }} heart is light. {{1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] }} No dirge will I upraise,

Line-01-021: {{1845-01: “  }} But waft the angel on her flight {{1845-01: with //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] With }} a {{1845-01: Pæan //1849-02: pæan }} of old days!

Line-01-022: {{1845-01: “  }} Let no bell toll! — {{1845-01: lest //1849-02: [[new line]] Lest }} her sweet soul, {{1845-01: amid //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Amid }} its {{1845-01: hallowed //1849-02: hallow’d }} mirth,

Line-01-023: {{1845-01: “  }} Should catch the note, {{1845-01: as //1849-02: [[new line]] As }} it doth float — {{1845-01: up //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Up }} from the damnéd {{1845-01: Earth //1849-02: earth }} .

Line-01-024: {{1845-01: “  }} To friends above, from fiends below, {{1845-01: the //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] The }} indignant ghost is riven —

Line-01-025: {{1845-01: “  }} From Hell unto a high estate {{1845-01: far //1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Far }} up within the Heaven —

Line-01-026: {{1845-01: “  }} From grief and groan, {{1845-01: to //1849-02: [[new line]] To }} a golden throne, {{1845-01: beside // 1849-02: [[new line]] [[indented]] Beside }} the King of Heaven.{{1845-01: [[”]] //1849-02:  ” }}


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Notes:

For an explanation of the formatting used in this Comparative Text, see editorial policies and methods. This format is very much an experiment, particularly for poetry.

Because these changes reflect two different printed texts, pagination has been omitted in the present text.

The most obvious changes in this text are the result of breaking lines, necessitated by the narrow, two-colum format of The Poets and Poetry of America. Other matters mostly deal with capitalization and minor issues of punctuation. There are no verbal differences between the two texts.


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