The Haunted Palace

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.

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
(Porphyrogene)
In state his glory well befitting,
The ruler of the realm was seen.

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,
Assailed the monarch's high estate.
(Ah, let us mourn!-for never sorrow
Shall dawn upon him desolate!)
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed,
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.

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

Edgar Allan Poe. The Haunted Palace: A Reading by Rick Poli.

"The Haunted Palace" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Vincent Price in "The Haunted Palace" by Edgar Allan Poe. The trailer for the 1960's horror classic.

One of Poe's most evocative poems. This song is from the chamber musical, "Edgar."

"The Haunted Palace" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Tales

Berenice
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
Hop-Frog
Ligeia
The Man of the Crowd
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Purloined Letter
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Oblong Box
The Premature Burial
The Oval Portrait

Poetry

A Dream within a Dream
Annabel Lee
The Bells
The City in the Sea
The Conqueror Worm
Eldorado
The Haunted Palace
Lenore
The Raven
Ulalume