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..."
i'm nosferatu now at 403 years old..
kind of a sad bday..
my guys are out seeing the hellboy movie & i'm just here by my lonesome..
nobody loves me.
ghost & toxic
p.s. update:
ok so i sent a message to ben cooper since he's one of my myspace friends asking him a lyrics question to the song i posted.. and he wrote me such a nice note right back with the correct lyrics!!!! this made my day!
so these are absolutely correct!
:D
Posted by: ghost | July 20, 2008 at 12:16 PM
hey ghost, you ok. posted on board but its v quiet, the others are away.
hope you not in mirgrain hell. did you speak to sleepflower on her blog? i miss her alot.
speak to you soon.thumper X
Posted by: thumper | July 26, 2008 at 12:07 PM
i talked to sf on her blog a couple weeks back.. she seemed fine.. yeah the board's so quiet.. wish we had somewhere to link to others who could benefit..
no migraine hell..
depression hell i guess..
feel like letting myself fall into a well..
in lighter news, randy the editor of the boarder site http://www.skateandannoy.com wrote me asking for some gumby pix.. he'll be posting 'em up there soon.. that'll be kool.
ghost
Posted by: ghost | July 30, 2008 at 03:42 PM
hey ghost, does she not want to come back to see us, does that mean shes ok with everything and in a happy place now. can you tell her i send her a PM just to hi. its raining's birthday today, left a message on board for her. shes been quite quiet too, just hope their all ok. hugs to you ghost hope depression easies soon and great about the piccys. thumper X
Posted by: thumper | August 03, 2008 at 01:12 AM
thumper,
when i talked to sleepflower she seemed to be doing good, said she'd come by the forum soon? i notice she's posting 'down the rabbit hole' (an si/ed support site/link here on my blog - look left) i used to go there but i have to kinda stay away from pro-ish si/ed sites these days.. but it is a good support site though..
ghost
Posted by: ghost | August 03, 2008 at 11:52 AM
the box of bees is done.. trapdoor down right..
(i used my own captured yellow jackets! no beneficial bees were harmed in the making of this installation.. :) )
Posted by: ghost | August 05, 2008 at 06:27 PM
latest news is tim burton is going to redo alice in wonderland with johnny depp as the mad hatter!!!
still undecided whether to do it with actors or cg/voices? although i prefer the first choice, undoubtedly he will choose the second and thrill disney with the merchandising possibilities! think of the toys/games!!!
i may have to make a trip home when it comes out and buy another hatter tophat at disneyland for my collection?
my favorite hatter was played by peter cook in the early b&w victorian style bbc production..
he seemed quite happily insane to me.. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrTfEk2P9nw
wish someone had youtubed the trial scene..
ghost
Posted by: ghost | August 09, 2008 at 02:40 PM
hey ghost, sorry your in migraine hell again. your bee boxes are brill. such a great idea. im still ill, just cant shake it. see you over on the board once your feeling up to it. hugs thumper X
Posted by: thumper | August 12, 2008 at 02:56 AM
sorry you are still sick :(
hope your son stays well? i've decided to start naming my migraines the way they do hurricanes.. this one's ariel (thanks, sylvia!) :o
i've become so ocd it's sad.. was watching a tv show recently about how howard hughes' injury in a plane crash caused damage to the frontal area of his brain that controls 'error detection' and set off his voracious ocd.. geez, although with me it just runs in my family (me, my son, sisters, etc..) it is the same thing.. error detection malfunction driving me outta my mind because i can't take my pain meds without freaking out over and over.. i can't trust anything! :(
i need help man..
god how i need help..
but not drugs.
if i'm gonna be sick anyway i figure i choose my own disease.. not some drugs to bandaid/mask/hide the problem and manage me out of existence.. hehe..
healing would be great!
but haha.. no one is selling that..
besides, i'm too broke now in every way.
one unhappy ghost
Posted by: ghost | August 12, 2008 at 04:42 PM
hey ghost, :(
great name for a migraine, Ariel, is one of the archangels and is the over seer of nature.
the pain of a migraine is hell, sorry you dont trust anything to make it better. sending a huge hug, wrapped in a faux fur blanket.
thumper X
Posted by: thumper | August 12, 2008 at 11:07 PM
thanks,
i thought ariel was going to be nice? haha..
day 10 and the worst she has been..
that's it i'm throwing all her stuff out on the front lawn..
get outta my head, beast!
:/
Posted by: ghost | August 17, 2008 at 10:01 AM
after tylenol and a hot cloth on my head and a wasted weekend (not the good kind.. hehe..) ariel had finally gone..
and then i had to lean way down to retrieve one of our kitties from under the china cabinet and i felt her slam right back into my left temple with a vengeance and start all over!!!!!!!!!!!
but now at last after 10 days she seems to be gone finally.. hopefully..
*looks around furtively*
sh! don't tell her you saw me..
http://www.brensgumbyland.com/images/horriblesounds.gif
ghost
Posted by: ghost | August 18, 2008 at 07:42 PM
tmj/tmd has made my teeth so sensitive to hot/cold/pressure/air.. i have bought like 5 different toothbrushes trying to get a soft one and now am having to use a child's 'hello kitty' one.. haha.. toxic picked it out..
and rather than a nightguard for when i'm sleeping i actually bought a cheap glow-in-the-dark blue pacifier/binky just like the ravers use since ecstasy causes bad tmj too..
(it'll probably just fall out and end up covered in cat hair, but i'll try anything to ease this agony.. i can barely eat/drink these days..)
:(
ghost/toxic
Posted by: ghost | August 23, 2008 at 08:50 PM
venturing out into the world proved too much for a shut-in like me.. despite opening doors with tissues i got infected out in the germpool.. now i'm stuck in my cumfy chair sick playing morrowind..
but not before putting up pix of our latest hike & baby raccons! see album up left..
souptime..
ghost
p.s.
our halloween store opened & toxic has already done her shopping :D
Posted by: ghost | September 01, 2008 at 10:01 AM
i'm still sick sick sick.
i'd fling myself off the wagon though for a bottle of this:
http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-7250-happy_daze_are_here_again_integrity_spirits_releases_trillium_absinthe_supeacuterieure.html
lovely name.. i've been up to trillium lake and it's perfect.
ghost
Posted by: ghost | September 04, 2008 at 01:07 PM
http://www.brensgumbyland.com/images/18pandasback.jpg
http://www.brensgumbyland.com/images/18pandas.jpg
found in an old journal.. lol
Posted by: ghost | September 06, 2008 at 10:16 PM
man.. just when i thought the plague was leaving me my lungs started closing up and i can't breathe..
:(
my son caught it too..
probably from sharing the game controller.. hehe..
now i've got migraine 'callalily' on top too.. 'bastet' was nice to me and only lasted 2 days, so i'm hoping i'll catch a break this time too? (2 days so far and kinda weak..)
so i completed the vampire quests in morrowind and took the cure since i could not trade/train or speak to others or go out in daylight at all.. so now i've sold all my plunder and i'm filthy rich.. enchanted some good weapons and named them:
splintered lament - an adamantine shortsword with lightning/shock power..
bleed for me - a very brutal little jagged metallic red daedric dagger.. one slash leaves a kind of blood cloud!
IT BURNSSS! - a very powerful daedric staff that does flame damage..
haematomania - a very sharp poison daedric tanto..
such a beautiful autumn day.. wish i could be out in it driving all day to pretty places, but being sick & with the cost of gas.. we're broke.. :/
..back to morrowind
ghost
Posted by: ghost | September 08, 2008 at 08:49 PM
i need help
http://www.adconnection.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=snowcave&action=display&thread=279&page=4
Posted by: ghost | September 12, 2008 at 05:35 PM
h e l p
after a week of migraine callalily being a wimp and only hitting me a.m.s at about a 2 (on my migraine scale of 1-10) she swooped in first thing this a.m. and stayed up near level 8 aLL DAy!!! whimper..
and beat the living hell outta me..
dear god. need better drugs.
still anxious as hell..
helpehlphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelpehHEILPHELPhelphelphelpeheohoeh;eohfoeh;ejkahjdg;lakjsg;oiajhg;k.. .
g ho st
Posted by: ghost | September 15, 2008 at 09:39 PM
http://www.brensgumbyland.com/images/fall.png
- ghost
http://www.brensgumbyland.com/images/twoheads.jpg
- t oX ic
Posted by: ghost | September 17, 2008 at 07:35 PM
halloween is coming!
http://www.adconnection.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=chat&action=display&thread=354
toxic
Posted by: toxic | September 28, 2008 at 05:28 PM