by Edgar Allan
Poe
The
skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and
sere-
The leaves they were withering and sere;
It was night in the
lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year;
It was hard by the dim
lake of Auber,
In the misty mid region of Weir-
It was down by the
dank tarn of Auber,
In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
Here
once, through an alley Titanic,
Of cypress, I roamed with my
Soul-
Of cypress, with Psyche, my Soul.
These were days when my
heart was volcanic
As the scoriac rivers that roll-
As the lavas
that restlessly roll
Their sulphurous currents down Yaanek
In the
ultimate climes of the pole-
That groan as they roll down Mount
Yaanek
In the realms of the boreal pole.
Our talk had been
serious and sober,
But our thoughts they were palsied and sere-
Our
memories were treacherous and sere-
For we knew not the month was
October,
And we marked not the night of the year-
(Ah, night of all
nights in the year!)
We noted not the dim lake of Auber-
(Though
once we had journeyed down here),
Remembered not the dank tarn of
Auber,
Nor the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
And now, as the
night was senescent,
And star-dials pointed to morn-
As the
star-dials hinted of morn-
At the end of our path a liquescent
And
nebulous lustre was born,
Out of which a miraculous crescent
Arose
with a duplicate horn-
Astarte's bediamonded crescent
Distinct with
its duplicate horn.
And I said–"She is warmer than Dian:
She
rolls through an ether of sighs-
She revels in a region 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 Sybilic splendor
is beaming
With Hope and in Beauty to-night:-
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-
'Tis the vault of thy lost
Ulalume!"
Then my heart it grew ashen and sober
As the leaves
that were crisped and sere-
As the leaves that were withering and
sere-
And I cried–"It was surely October
On this very night of last
year
That I journeyed–I journeyed down here-
That I brought a dread
burden down here-
On this night of all nights in the year,
Ah, what
demon has tempted me here?
Well I know, now, this dim lake of
Auber-
This misty mid region of Weir-
Well I know, now, this dank
tarn of Auber,
This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir."
Said we
then, the two then,
"Ah, can it have been
That the woodlandish
ghouls,
The pitiful, the merciful ghouls,
To bar up our way and to
ban it
From the secret that lies in these wolds,
From the thing that
lies hidden in these wolds,
Have drawn up the spectre of a
planet
From the limbo of lunary souls,
This sinfully scintillant
planet
From the Hell of the planetary souls..."
~ghost
yesterday was my luckiest of lucky days i must say (to quote ed grimley..)first toxic got free gumby comics for gumbyland!! then buttonbunny accidentally sent me 2 sets of kool elliott smith buttons instead of one at no extra charge! (one to wear, one to put away like a proper collector..) then a bunch of pretty western tanagers froliced in the fir tree right outside my livingroom window, allowing me to take their picture!
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4527/westerntanager1na2.png
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1235/westertanagermaleec1.png
we tried an old fashioned pizza place here that's been around since 1965 (a very good year, i might add) and it was very good! the place was dark and full to the ceiling with every kind of vintage toy pedal car, ice cream/pop ads, a stuffed grizzley bear, and there was a bizarre carnival funhouse mirror too.. toxic likes! :)
then Guess! GUESS what happened? i was watching an item on ebay that i've been be-snip-ed on twice/thrice before? the tower exclusive series one version of american mcgee's alice (the one with the black/goth makeup & dress, glow-in-the-dark cheshire cat & much more blood spatters!!) and i SNAGGED i!t
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200220136520&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123
(third x a charm?)
i was so happy & hyper i kept spazzing out, but although i went to bed very late, i slept! ;z
happy ghost & toxic
(get it when ya can..)
Posted by: ghost | May 04, 2008 at 11:06 AM
what a beautiful day..
i feel happy today.
remarkable, huh?
http://www.brensgumbyland.com/images/ghosthide%20x.png
((where is ghost and what have you done with her!>?))
*snicker*
yeah it is me.. :)
ghost
Posted by: ghost | May 05, 2008 at 04:37 PM
well, i'm still a happy ghost because i found a site with a bunch of vintage halloween vinyl and downloaded great sounds & songs.. but my hands are shaking and my eyes feel all funny.. hearing feels tinny & odd too.. woke up with a migraine starting..
i wish my goth alice would arrive.. dusting off a place of honor on my bookshelves for her..
:)
ghost
Posted by: ghost | May 07, 2008 at 03:18 PM
no man is happy without a delusion of some kind.. delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
-christian nestell bovee
Posted by: ghost | May 08, 2008 at 11:32 AM
ok.
i'm depressed again.
photo/phono sensitive.
:(
ghost
Posted by: ghost | May 08, 2008 at 04:03 PM
hey ghost....sorry your migraine took away your high....and now feeling depressed.....your a top ebayer like me, with 100%...A*** to you....haha...take care and speak soon....thumper...
just adding, sleepflower, great blog....havent watched rumblefish for years....must find it...X
Posted by: thumper | May 10, 2008 at 04:06 AM
oh dear, just looked at the A star thing....looks like a swear word...its not...haha...wont put that again....!!!! must learn to use preview first....but hey not going to remember that as keep forgetting to go to A/D site....!!! least it made me laugh....X
Posted by: thumper | May 10, 2008 at 04:14 AM
thumper,
over here at the ghost blog it gets pretty uncensored so it's all good! :)
yeah, i've been on ebay forever.. used to deal in vintage toys.. but i don't run many auctions these days..
ghost
Posted by: ghost | May 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM