Dark Valley



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.

-Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849),
The Haunted Palace







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