The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5


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A libation of Tyranny's blood.  
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Ye deliverers of Athens from shame!  
Ye avengers of Liberty's wrongs!  
Endless ages shall cherish your fame,  
Embalmed in their echoing songs!  
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DREAMS  
Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!  
My spirit not awak'ning, till the beam  
Of an Eternity should bring the morrow:  
Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,  
'Twere better than the dull reality  
Of waking life to him whose heart shall be,  
And hath been ever, on the chilly earth,  
A chaos of deep passion from his birth!  
But should it be--that dream eternally  
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