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Fall of the House of Usher

Name: Fall of the House of Usher
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Year

that

I

perceived,

and

for

the

first

time,

a

full

consciousness

on

the

part

of

Usher,

of

the

tottering

of

his

lofty

reason

upon

her

throne.

The

verses,

which

were

entitled

"The

Haunted

Palace,"

ran

very

nearly, 

if

not

accurately, 

thus:

I.

In

the

greenest 

of

our

valleys,

By

good 

angels 

tenanted,

Once 

a

fair 

and

stately 

palace—

Radiant 

palace—reared 

its

head.

In

the

monarch 

Thought's 

dominion—

It

stood 

there!

Never 

seraph 

spread 

a

pinion

Over 

fabric 

half 

so

fair.

II.

Banners 

yellow, 

glorious, 

golden,

On

its

roof 

did

float 

and

flow;

(This—all 

this—was 

in

the

olden

Time 

long 

ago)

And

every 

gentle 

air

that 

dallied,

In

that 

sweet 

day,

Along 

the

ramparts 

plumed 

and

pallid,

A

winged 

odour 

went 

away.

III.

Wanderers 

in

that 

happy 

valley

Through 

two

luminous 

windows 

saw

Spirits 

moving 

musically

To

a

lute's 

well 

tuned 

law,

Round 

about 

a

throne, 

where 

sitting

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