Thursday 31 October 2024

 

FROM THE HAUNTED PALACE

By Edgar Allan Poe

A frieze showing a group of lost souls grimacing.

And travellers, now, within that valley
Through the red-litten windows see
Vast forms, that move fantastically
To a discordant melody
While, like a ghastly rapid river
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever
And laugh - but smile no more.