The Haunted Palace<\/b>
\nEdgar Allan Poe<\/p>\n
In the greenest of our valleys
\nBy good angels tenanted,
\nOnce a fair and stately palace-
\nRadiant palace- reared its head.
\nIn the monarch Thought’s dominion-
\nIt stood there!
\nNever seraph spread a pinion
\nOver fabric half so fair!
\nBanners yellow, glorious, golden,
\nOn its roof did float and flow,
\n(This- all this- was in the olden
\nTime long ago,)
\nAnd every gentle air that dallied,
\nIn that sweet day,
\nAlong the ramparts plumed and pallid,
\nA winged odor went away.<\/p>\n
Wanderers in that happy valley,
\nThrough two luminous windows, saw
\nSpirits moving musically,
\nTo a lute’s well-tuned law,
\nRound about a throne where, sitting
\n(Porphyrogene!)
\nIn state his glory well-befitting,
\nThe ruler of the realm was seen.<\/p>\n
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
\nWas the fair palace door,
\nThrough which came flowing, flowing, flowing,
\nAnd sparkling evermore,
\nA troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
\nWas but to sing,
\nIn voices of surpassing beauty,
\nThe wit and wisdom of their king.<\/p>\n
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
\nAssailed the monarch’s high estate.
\n(Ah, let us mourn!- for never morrow
\nShall dawn upon him desolate!)
\nAnd round about his home the glory
\nThat blushed and bloomed,
\nIs but a dim-remembered story
\nOf the old time entombed.<\/p>\n
And travellers, now, within that valley,
\nThrough the red-litten windows see
\nVast forms, that move fantastically
\nTo a discordant melody,
\nWhile, like a ghastly rapid river,
\nThrough the pale door
\nA hideous throng rush out forever
\nAnd laugh- but smile no more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Haunted Palace Edgar Allan Poe In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace- Radiant palace- reared its head. In the monarch Thought’s dominion- It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair! Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did float and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whatever"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4987,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions\/4987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}