Lenore (A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe)

On dreadful night of wind and rain, my body wracked with aches and pains
In my death bed I lie dying in a candlelight's dim
When upon my window I saw a shape, a beast of feathered black cape
My mind spun dizzy yet knew it was him
In my mind I knew it was him
"Nevermore" I said with a grin
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His eyes of black beckoned my soul, his grave cries hoarse and cold
Quickly filled me with a sense of horror and of peace
At once I knew somehow I knew, that this dark scourge in hallowed mew
Was calling, wailing for my soul
Called out for my dying soul
"Nevermore" he then consoled
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The blackbird of which we once knew, perched nevermore, and away it flew
And here the tale continues, continues for us once more
My eyes grow dim and my hearing fades, As I haved played the ace of spades
My life now takes a turn through its final door
A final journey through life's door
Soon I shall be nevermore
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The bells now toll for my weary soul, by body lies so still and so cold
As mourners weep in prayer for the man they once knew
Cry not for me, my life was good, as child I crawled, as man I stood
But leave you now for a life beyond, anew
An eternal life given anew
And in death, bid adieu
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And so I sit in forever more, upon this Heaven's golden shore
In deep thought of the life and of the loves I knew before
Of warm Summer nights' rains, of the joys, pleasures, and the pains
Of the love I had for the beautiful Lenore
Love for the radiant angel Lenore
Here I think, and think some more
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As I left the world behind, Her face, her name, still in my mind
As they had done so many dreadful and dreary nights before
The light before me grew ever dull, My heart, my soul in quiet lull
Remembering the dastardly bird who spoke to me of ever more
Shadowed beast who spoke to me of ever more
Now nothingness, and nothing more
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Is this Heaven, or is this Hell?; Alone am I and cannot tell
If this indeed be Heaven, where, oh where is my Lenore?
My life is past, still, my heart aches, with every wave as it breaks
Over this golden Heavenly eternal shore
This lonely golden barren shore
Lonely, it is, without Lenore.
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Curse this love upon my soul, love in poems and in prose untold
This must be the Hell I feared that upon me has its hold
The world I once knew it seems, is all but a distant memories and dreams
A dream that I fear shall never from wake
A nightmare that holds me in its wake
Solitary confines, my love's foresake
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Then in this dark and loveless place, perked my ears and my heart doth race
From the distance came I'm sure, the voice of my love, Lenore
I know that name being called, for it is mine echoing through the halls
Through the halls where I now stay in eternal rest
The halls of eternal blessed rest
Her name, Lenore, beats in my chest
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A voice there in the gloom, in the dark foreboding room
A voice I've longed and yearned to hear just once more
Her face comes clearer in the gloom, in this dark and lifeless room
A face which cast upon me love, as she entered through the door
Filled me with joyous love as she entered the door
My heart cried her name, "Lenore!"
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With a teardrop in my eye, I rushed to be there by her side
There I fall upon my knees for her love once more
"How I've dreamed, dear, of this day, dreamed of you both night and day
"And how I knew we'd be together, forever, once more,
"Forever, together, I'm with you once more.
"My beloved angel Lenore."
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She did not speak with her sighs, but spoke to me with her eyes
The eyes which captured the stars and moon, as every night before
She bade me to rise to my feet, where her eyes and mine they did meet
And placed her lips on mine gently, soft lips I remembered before
Velvet lips upon mine, I remembered before
A kiss from my angel, Lenore.
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Hand in hand we walked the sky, my beloved Lenore and I
Singing songs to each other, of love in books of lore
And now this poem silent falls, quiet now in death's halls
Where so many before us have travelled times before
Where loved ones have gone times before
Where I'm with my love, Lenore