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"All right, General," said I, and in a few moments I had the reins and we
were rattling away over the prairie. When we were approaching Medicine
Creek, General Sheridan said: "Shake 'em up a little, Bill, and give us
some old-time stage-driving." I gave the horses a crack or two of the
whip, and they started off at a ... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Thanking the General for his kindness, I then bade him and the Grand Duke
good-bye, and soon their train was out of sight.
CHAPTER XXVI.
SIGHT-SEEING.
General Ord, commanding the Department of the Platte at the time, and who
had been out on the Alexis hunt, had some business to attend to at Fort
McPherson, and I acc... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
[Illustration: AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION]
On this occasion I became so embarrassed that it was more difficult for
me to face the throng of beautiful ladies, than it would have been to
confront a hundred hostile Indians. This was my first trip to the East,
and I had not yet become accustomed to being stared at. And bes... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
The next few days I spent in viewing the sights of New York, everything
being new and startling, convincing me that as yet I had seen but a small
portion of the world. I received numerous dinner invitations, as well as
invitations to visit different places of amusement and interest; but as
they came in so thick and fa... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Acting upon the suggestion of Mr. Bennett, I had dressed myself in my
buckskin suit, and I naturally attracted considerable attention;
especially when I took part in the dancing and exhibited some of my
backwoods steps, which, although not as graceful as some, were a great
deal more emphatic. But when I undertook to d... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
I had been in New York about twenty days when General Sheridan arrived in
the city. I met him soon after he got into town. In answer to a question
how I was enjoying myself, I replied that I had struck the best camp I
had ever seen, and if he didn't have any objections I would like to have
my leave of absence extended... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Shortly after my return, a small party of Indians made a dash on
McPherson Station, about five miles from the fort, killing two or three
men and running off quite a large number of horses. Captain Meinhold and
Lieutenant Lawson with their company were ordered out to pursue and
punish the Indians if possible. I was the... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
While the Indian reinforcements were approaching the camp I jumped the
creek with Buckskin Joe to meet them, expecting our party would follow
me; but as they could not induce their horses to make the leap, I was the
only one who got over. I ordered the sergeant to dismount his men, and
leaving one to hold the horses, ... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
In the fall of 1872 the Earl of Dunraven and Dr. Kingsley with several
friends came to Fort McPherson with a letter from General Sheridan,
asking me to accompany them on an elk hunt. I did so, and I afterwards
spent several weeks in hunting with the Earl of Dunraven, who was a
thorough sportsman and an excellent hunte... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
"I don't believe this is one of my fighting days," replied Milligan, "and
it occurs to me that I have urgent business at the camp."
Our camp was five or six miles distant on the Dismal river, and our
escort consisted of a company of cavalry commanded by Captain Russell.
The soldiers were in camp, and Milligan thought ... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Soon after this I had the pleasure of guiding a party of gentlemen from
Omaha on a buffalo hunt. Among the number were Judge Dundy, Colonel
Watson B. Smith, and U.S. District Attorney Neville. We left Fort
McPherson in good trim. I was greatly amused at the "style" of Mr.
Neville, who wore a stove-pipe hat and a swall... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
I remained undecided as to what I ought to do. The officers at the fort
as well as my family and friends to whom I had mentioned the matter,
laughed at the idea of my ever becoming an actor. That I, an old scout
who had never seen more than twenty or thirty theatrical performances in
my life, should think of going upo... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
At Omaha I parted with my family, who went to St. Louis, while Jack and
myself proceeded to Chicago. Ned Buntline and Mr. Milligan, having been
apprised of our coming by a telegram, met us at the dépôt. Mr. Milligan
accompanied us to the Sherman House, where he had made arrangements for
us to be his guests while we re... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
This little speech was delivered in rather an excited manner by Mr.
Nixon. Buntline said that he would write the drama that day and also
select his company and have them at the theater for rehearsal next
morning. Nixon laughed at him, and said that there was no use of trying
to undertake anything of the kind in so sho... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
"This is dry business," finally remarked Jack.
"That's just what it is," I answered; "jerk the bell, Jack." The bell-boy
soon appeared. We ordered refreshments; after partaking thereof we
resumed our task. We studied hard for an hour or two, but finally gave it
up as a bad job, although we had succeeded in committing ... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
When, at length the curtain arose, our courage had returned, so that we
thought we could face the immense crowd; yet when the time came for us
to go on, we were rather slow in making our appearance. As we stepped
forth we were received with a storm of applause, which we acknowledged
with a bow.
[Illustration: BEHIND T... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
The next morning there appeared in the Chicago papers some very funny
criticisms on our first performance. The papers gave us a better send-off
than I expected, for they did not criticise us as actors. The _Chicago
Times_ said that if Buntline had actually spent four hours in writing
that play, it was difficult for an... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Texas Jack and myself longed for a hunt on the Western prairies once
more; and on meeting in New York a party of gentlemen who were desirous
of going with us, we all started Westward, and after a pleasant trip
arrived at Fort McPherson.
CHAPTER XXIX.
STARRING.
Texas Jack and I spent several weeks in hunting in the w... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
My company, known as the "Buffalo Bill Combination," did a fine business,
all through the East. Wild Bill continued his pranks, which caused us
considerable annoyance, but at the same time greatly amused us.
One day at Titusville, Pennsylvania, while Burke, the business agent, was
registering our names and making arra... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
"Well!" said he, "I have been interviewing that party who wanted to
clean us out."
"I thought you promised to come into the Opera House by the private
entrance?"
"I did try to follow that trail, but I got lost among the cañons, and
then I ran in among the hostiles," said he; "but it is all right now.
They won't bother... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
After the curtain dropped, the "supers" complained to me about it.
Bill's conduct made me angry, and I told him that he must either stop
shooting the "supers," or leave the company. He made no reply, but went
to the dressing-room and changed his buckskin suit for his citizen's
dress, and during one of my scenes I look... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
[Illustration: GETTING SATISFACTION.]
The other actors screamed and yelled "Police!" The audience could not at
first understand what it all meant, some of them supposing the affair to
be a part of the play.
Wild Bill retired from the stage in good order, resumed his seat, and
told them to go on with their show. A poli... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
One word brought on another, until Boulder threatened to have Bill put
out of the house. Bill was carrying the butt end of a billiard cue for a
cane, and bending over the table, he said: "You'd rob a blind man." Then
he suddenly tapped Boulder on the head with the cane, with such force as
to knock him over. With anoth... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Business called me from Boston to New York, and after I had been there a
few days, I met an English gentleman, Thomas P. Medley, of London, who
had come to America for a hunt on the Plains. He had often heard of me,
and was anxious to engage me as his guide and companion, and he offered
to pay the liberal salary of on... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Leaving the infantry to guard the supply camp, Colonel Mills struck out
for the north with the seven companies of cavalry. One day while we were
resting on a prairie near the head of Powder river, a horseman was seen
in the distance approaching us. At first it was thought he was an Indian,
but as he came near we saw t... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
CHAPTER XXX.
I RETURN TO THE PLAINS.
We closed our theatrical season earlier than usual in the spring of 1876,
because I was anxious to take part in the Sioux war which was then
breaking out. Colonel Hills had written me several letters saying that
General Crook was anxious to have me accompany his command, and I
pr... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
The regiment, by continued scouting, soon drove the Indians out of that
section of the country, as we supposed, and we had started on our way
back to Fort Laramie, when a scout arrived at the camp and reported the
massacre of General Custer and his band of heroes on the Little Big Horn,
on the 25th of June, 1876; and ... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
The Indians were evidently endeavoring to intercept these two men, and
General Merritt feared that they would accomplish their object. He did
not think it advisable to send out any soldiers to the assistance of the
couriers, for fear that would show to the Indians that there were troops
in the vicinity who were waitin... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Almost at the same instant my own horse went down, he having stepped into
a hole. The fall did not hurt me much, and I instantly sprang to my feet.
The Indian had also recovered himself, and we were now both on foot, and
not more than twenty paces apart. We fired at each other simultaneously.
My usual luck did not des... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
[Illustration: A DUEL WITH CHIEF YELLOW HAND.]
While at the agency I learned the name of the Indian Chief whom I had
killed in the morning; it was Yellow Hand; a son of old Cut-nose--a
leading chief of the Cheyennes. Cut-nose, having learned that I had
killed his son sent a white interpreter to me with a message to th... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
"Jack, old boy, have you heard of the death of Custer?"
CUSTER'S DEATH.
Did I hear the news from Custer?
Well, I reckon I did, old pard;
It came like a streak of lightnin',
And, you bet, it hit me hard.
I ain't no hand to blubber,
And the briny ain't run for years;
But chalk me down for a lubber,
If I didn't s... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
They talk of peace with these demons
By feeding and clothing them well:
I'd as soon think an angel from Heaven
Would reign with contentment in H--l
And one day the Quakers will answer
Before the great Judge of us all,
For the death of daring young Custer
And the boys who round him did fall.
Perhaps I am judgin... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Not wishing to have a game of "whiskey _solitaire_," I invited General
Carr to sample the bottle with me. We soon found a secluded spot, and
dismounting, we thought we were going to have a nice little drink all by
ourselves, when who should ride up but Mr. Lathrop, the Reporter of the
Associated Press of the Pacific s... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
These manoeuvres I witnessed from my position with considerable
amusement, thinking the command must be badly demoralized, when one man
could cause a whole army to form line of battle and prepare for action.
Having enjoyed the situation to my heart's content, I galloped down
towards the skirmish line, waving my hat an... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Generals Crook and Terry spent that evening and the next day in council,
and on the following morning both commands moved out on the Indian trail.
Although General Terry was the senior officer, he did not assume command
of both expeditions, but left General Crook in command of his own troops,
although they operated to... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
While Richard and myself were at our stations on the pilot house, the
steamer with a full head of steam went flying past islands, around bends,
over sand bars, at a rate that was exhilarating. Presently I thought I
could see horses grazing in a distant bend of the river and I reported
the fact to General Mills, who as... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
There being but little prospect of any more fighting, I determined to go
East as soon as possible to organize a new "Dramatic Combination," and
have a new drama written for me, based upon the Sioux war. This I knew
would be a paying investment as the Sioux campaign had excited
considerable interest. So I started down ... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
"Cody, I want to send information to General Terry concerning the Indians
who have been skirmishing around here all day. I have been trying all the
evening long to induce some one to carry my dispatches to him, but no one
seems willing to undertake the trip, and I have got to fall back on you.
It is asking a great dea... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
[Illustration: CLOSE QUARTERS]
I accordingly unsaddled my animal, and ate a hearty breakfast of bacon
and hard tack which I had stored in the saddle-pockets; then, after
taking a smoke, I lay down to sleep, with my saddle for a pillow. In a
few minutes I was in the land of dreams.
After sleeping some time--I can't tel... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
On arriving at Glendive I bade good-bye to the General and his officers
and took passage on the steamer Far West, which was on her way down the
Missouri. At Bismarck I left the steamer, and proceeded by rail to
Rochester, New York, where I met my family.
Mr. J. Clinton Hall, manager of the Rochester Opera House, was v... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Some time previously I had made arrangements to go into the cattle
business in company with my old friend, Major Frank North, and while I
was in California he had built our ranches on the South Fork of the
Dismal river, sixty-five miles north of North Platte, in Nebraska.
Proceeding to Ogalalla, the headquarters of th... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
In this cattle driving business is exhibited some most magnificent
horsemanship, for the "cow-boys," as they are called, are invariably
skillful and fearless horsemen--in fact only a most expert rider could be
a cow-boy, as it requires the greatest dexterity and daring in the saddle
to cut a wild steer out of the herd... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
Returning to Ogallala I purchased from Bill Phant, an extensive cattle
drover from Texas, a herd of cattle, which I drove to my ranch on the
Dismal river, after which I bade my partner and the boys good-bye, and
started for the Indian Territory to procure Indians for my Dramatic
Combination for the season of 1878-79.
... | The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography | Buffalo Bill | 1846 | 1917 | ['en'] | 57 | {'Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography', 'Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917', 'Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)', 'Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography'} | PG10030 | |
The Complete Poetical Works
of Edgar Allan Poe
edited by
John H. Ingram
PREFACE.
In placing before the public this collection of Edgar Poe's poetical
works, it is requisite to point out in what respects it... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
DOUBTFUL POEMS:
Alone
To Isadore
The Village Street
The Forest Reverie
Notes
PROSE POEMS:
The Island of the Fay
The Power of Words
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
Shadow--A Parable
Silence--A Fable
ESSAYS:
The Poetic Principle
The Philosophy of Composition
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Under the Rev. Dr. Bransby, the future poet spent a lustrum of his life
neither unprofitably nor, apparently, ungenially. Dr. Bransby, who is
himself so quaintly portrayed in Poe's tale of 'William Wilson',
described "Edgar Allan," by which name only he knew the lad, as "a quick
and clever boy," who "would have been a... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
From this world of boyish imagination Poe was called to his adopted
parents' home in the United States. He returned to America in 1821, and
was speedily placed in an academy in Richmond, Virginia, in which city
the Allans continued to reside. Already well grounded in the elementary
processes of education, not without ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
"In our Latin exercises in school," continues the colonel, "Poe was
among the first--not first without dispute. We had competitors who
fairly disputed the palm, especially one, Nat Howard, afterwards known
as one of the ripest scholars in Virginia, and distinguished also as a
profound lawyer. If Howard was l... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
This last paragraph of Colonel Preston's recollections cast a suggestive
light upon the causes which rendered unhappy the lad's early life and
tended to blight his prospective hopes. Although mixing with members of
the best families of the province, and naturally endowed with hereditary
and native pride,--fostered by ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Alluding to another quite famous swimming feat of his own, the poet
remarked, "Any 'swimmer in the falls' in my days would have swum the
Hellespont, and thought nothing of the matter. I swam from Ludlam's
Wharf to Warwick (six miles), in a hot June sun, against one of the
strongest tides ever known in the river. It wo... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
When Edgar was unhappy at home, which, says his aunt, Mrs. Clemm, "was
very often the case, he went to Mrs. Stannard for sympathy, for
consolation, and for advice." Unfortunately, the sad fortune which so
frequently thwarted his hopes ended this friendship. The lady was
overwhelmed by a terrible calamity, and at the p... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Between the lines may be read the history of his own love. "The Egeria
of _his_ dreams--the Venus Aphrodite that sprang in full and supernal
loveliness from the bright foam upon the storm-tormented ocean of _his_
thoughts," was a little girl, Elmira Royster, who lived with her father
in a house opposite to the Allans ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
These statements of Poe's classmate are confirmed by Dr. Harrison,
chairman of the Faculty, who remarks that the poet was a great favorite
with his fellow-students, and was noted for the remarkable rapidity with
which he prepared his recitations and for their accuracy, his
translations from the modern languages being ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Mr. Wertenbaker, in his interesting reminiscences of the poet, says:
"As librarian I had frequent official intercourse with Poe, but it was
at or near the close of the session before I met him in the social
circle. After spending an evening together at a private house he
invited me, on our return, into his roo... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
What happened to the young poet, and how he contrived to exist for the
next year or so, is a mystery still unsolved. It has always been
believed that he found his way to Europe and met with some curious
adventures there, and Poe himself certainly alleged that such was the
case. Numbers of mythical stories have been in... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
The poet appears to have entered upon this new course of life with his
usual enthusiasm, and for a time to have borne the rigid rules of the
place with unusual steadiness. He entered the institution on the 1st
July, 1830, and by the following March had been expelled for determined
disobedience. Whatever view may be ta... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
In March, 1834, Mr. Allan died, and if our poet had maintained any hopes
of further assistance from him, all doubt was settled by the will, by
which the whole property of the deceased was left to his second wife and
her three sons. Poe was not named.
On the 6th May, 1836, Poe, who now had nothing but his pen to trust ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Poe worked hard at the 'Gentleman's' for some time, contributing to its
columns much of his best work; ultimately, however, he came to
loggerheads with its proprietor, Burton, who disposed of the magazine to
a Mr. Graham, a rival publisher. At this period Poe collected into two
volumes, and got them published as 'Tale... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
This cryptographic assertion was made in connection with what the public
deemed a challenge, and Poe was inundated with ciphers more or less
abstruse, demanding solution. In the correspondence which ensued in
'Graham's Magazine' and other publications, Poe was universally
acknowledged to have proved his case, so far a... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
The poet at this period was residing in a small but elegant little home,
superintended by his ever-faithful guardian, his wife's mother--his own
aunt, Mrs. Clemm, the lady whom he so gratefully addressed in after
years in the well-known sonnet, as "more than mother unto me." But a
change came o'er the spirit of his dr... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
During his calmer moments Poe exerted all his efforts to proceed with
his literary labors. He continued to contribute to 'Graham's Magazine,'
the proprietor of which periodical remained his friend to the end of his
life, and also to some other leading publications of Philadelphia and
New York. A suggestion having been... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Although our poet's reputation was now well established, he found it
still a difficult matter to live by his pen. Even when in good health,
he wrote slowly and with fastidious care, and when his work was done had
great difficulty in getting publishers to accept it. Since his death it
has been proved that many months o... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
His re-entry into public life only involved him in a series of
misfortunes. At one time he was engaged to be married to Mrs. Whitman, a
widow lady of considerable intellectual and literary attainments; but,
after several incidents of a highly romantic character, the match was
broken off. In 1849 Poe revisited the Sout... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Edgar Poe was buried in the family grave of his grandfather, General
Poe, in the presence of a few friends and relatives. On the 17th
November, 1875, his remains were removed from their first resting-place
and, in the presence of a large number of people, were placed under a
marble monument subscribed for by some of h... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
1845. E.A.P.
* * * * *
THE RAVEN.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping--rapping at my chamber door.
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he: not an instant stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door--
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my c... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Published, 1845.
* * * * *
THE BELLS,
I.
Hear the sledges with the bells--
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In their icy air of night!
While the stars, that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
Wit... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
IV.
Hear the tolling of the bells--
Iron bells!
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
And the people--ah, th... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
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 w... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
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 a 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 legende... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
But now, at length, dear Dian sank from sight,
Into a western couch of thunder-cloud;
And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees
Didst glide away. _Only thine eyes remained._
They _would not_ go--they never yet have gone.
Lighting my lonely pathway home that night,
_They_ have not left me (as my hopes h... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE;
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea--
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
[See note after previous poem.]
1847.
* * * * *
TO MY MOTHER.
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of "Mother,"
Therefore by that dear name I long have cal... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
My tantalized spirit
Here blandly reposes,
Forgetting, or never
Regretting its roses--
Its old agitations
Of myrtles and roses:
For now, while so quietly
Lying, it fancies
A holier odor
About it, of pansies--
A rosemary odor,
Commingled with pansies--
With rue and the beautiful
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
1845.
* * * * *
ELDORADO.
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old--
This knight so bold--
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
_One_ from the pitiless wave?
Is ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
* * * * *
THE CITY IN THE SEA.
Lo! Death has reared himself a throne
In a strange city lying alone
Far down within the dim West,
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best
Have gone to their eternal rest.
There shrines and palaces and towers
(Time-eaten towers a... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Oh, lady bright! can it be right--
This window open to the night!
The wanton airs, from the tree-top,
Laughingly through the lattice-drop--
The bodiless airs, a wizard rout,
Flit through thy chamber in and out,
And wave the curtain canopy
So fitfully--so fearfully--
Above the closed and fringed lid
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
And thus the words were spoken,
And thus the plighted vow,
And, though my faith be broken,
And, though my heart be broken,
Behold the golden keys
That _proves_ me happy now!
Would to God I could awaken
For I dream I know not how,
And my soul is sorely shaken
Lest an evil step be taken,--
Le... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
ED. 'Am. Rev.']
* * * * *
2. THE BELLS
The bibliographical history of "The Bells" is curious. The subject, and
some lines of the original version, having been suggested by the poet's
friend, Mrs. Shew, Poe, when he wrote out the first draft of the poem,
headed it, "The Bells. By Mrs... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
* * * * *
4. TO HELEN
"To Helen" (Mrs. S. Helen Whitman) was not published Until November
1848, although written several months earlier. It first appeared in the
'Union Magazine' and with the omission, contrary to the knowledge or
desire of Poe, of the line, "Oh, God! oh, Heaven--how ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
* * * * *
10. TO F----
"To F----" (Frances Sargeant Osgood) appeared in the 'Broadway Journal'
for April 1845. These lines are but slightly varied from those inscribed
"To Mary," in the 'Southern Literary Messenger' for July 1835, and
subsequently republished, with the two stanzas transposed... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
* * * * *
16. (2) TO MARIE LOUISE (SHEW)
"To----," a second piece addressed to Mrs. Shew, and written in 1848,
was also first published, but in a somewhat faulty form, in the above
named posthumous collection.
* * * * *
17. THE CITY IN THE SEA
Under the title of "T... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
"Avaunt! to-night my heart is light. No dirge will I upraise,
But waft the angel on her flight with a pæan of old days!
Let _no_ bell toll!--lest her sweet soul, amid its hallowed mirth,
Should catch the note, as it doth float up from the damned Earth.
To friends above, from fiends below, the indignant ghost... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
Here, where a hero fell, a column falls!
Here, where the mimic eagle glared in gold,
A midnight vigil holds the swarthy bat!
Here, where the dames of Rome their gilded hair
Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and thistle!
Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled,
Glides, spectre-like, unto his ma... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
Was the fair palace door,
Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing,
And sparkling evermore,
A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing,
In voices of surpassing beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
A... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
1838
* * * * *
SILENCE.
There are some qualities--some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.
There is a twofold _Silence_--sea and shore--
Body and so... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
For the heart whose woes are legion
'Tis a peaceful, soothing region--
For the spirit that walks in shadow
'Tis--oh, 'tis an Eldorado!
But the traveller, travelling through it,
May not--dare not openly view it;
Never its mysteries are exposed
To the weak human eye unclosed;
So wills its King, who hat... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
* * * * *
21. TO ONE IN PARADISE
"To One in Paradise" was included originally in "The Visionary" (a tale
now known as "The Assignation"), in July, 1835, and appeared as a
separate poem entitled "To Ianthe in Heaven," in Burton's 'Gentleman's
Magazine' for July, 1839. The fifth stanza is now ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
SCENES FROM "POLITIAN."
AN UNPUBLISHED DRAMA.
I.
ROME.--A Hall in a Palace. ALESSANDRA and CASTIGLIONE
_Alessandra_. Thou art sad, Castiglione.
_Castiglione_. Sad!--not I.
Oh, I'm the happiest, happiest man in Rome!
A few days... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Aless.
(haughtily_). Thou mockest me, sir!
_Cos.
(abstractedly_). Sweet, gentle Lalage!
_Aless_. Heard I aright?
I speak to him--he speaks of Lalage?
Sir Count!
(_places her hand on his shoulder_)
what art thou dreaming?
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Cas_. Ridiculous! Now _I_ have seen Politian
And know him well--nor learned nor mirthful he.
He is a dreamer, and shut out
From common passions.
_Di Brog_. Children, we disagree.
Let us go forth and taste the fragrant air
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Jac_.
(_pettishly_). Madam, what is it?
_Lal_. Wilt thou, my good Jacinta, be so kind
As go down in the library and bring me
The Holy Evangelists?
_Jac_. Pshaw!
(_Exit_)
_Lal_. If there be balm
For the wounded ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
(_Exit_)
(_Lalage bursts into tears and leans her head upon the table--after a
short pause raises it_.)
_Lal_. Poor Lalage!--and is it come to this?
Thy servant maid!--but courage!--'tis but a viper
Whom thou hast cherished to sting thee to the soul!
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Monk_. I did.
_Lal_. 'Tis well.
There _is_ a vow 'twere fitting should be made--
A sacred vow, imperative and urgent,
A solemn vow!
_Monk_. Daughter, this zeal is well!
_Lal_. Father, this zeal is anything but well!
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Bal_. To the field then--to the field--
To the senate or the field.
_Pol_. Alas! alas!
There is an imp would follow me even there!
There is an imp _hath_ followed me even there!
There is--what voice was that?
_Bal_. ... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Bal_. Indeed I hear not.
_Pol_. Not hear it!--listen--now--listen!--the faintest sound
And yet the sweetest that ear ever heard!
A lady's voice!--and sorrow in the tone!
Baldazzar, it oppresses me like a spell!
Again!--again... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Pol_. Go down, Baldazzar, go!
_Bal_. The hour is growing late--the Duke awaits us,--
Thy presence is expected in the hall
Below. What ails thee, Earl Politian?
_Voice_
(_distinctly_). "Who have loved thee so long,
In wealth and woe among,
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 | |
_Politian_. Weep not! oh, sob not thus!--thy bitter tears
Will madden me. Oh, mourn not, Lalage--
Be comforted! I know--I know it all,
And _still_ I speak of love. Look at me, brightest,
And beautiful Lalage!--turn here thine eyes!
... | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | ['en'] | 1287 | {'Fantasy poetry, American'} | PG10031 |
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