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Edgar Allan Poe - The Valley Of Unrest

Once it smiled a silent dell
Where the people did not dwell;
They had gone unto the wars,
Trusting to the mild-eyed stars,
Nightly, from their azure towers,
To keep watch above the flowers,
In the midst of which all day
The red sunlight lazily lay.
Now each visitor shall confess
The sad valley's restlessness.
Nothing there is motionless-
Nothing save the airs that brood
Over the magic solitude.
Ah, by no wind are stirred those trees
That palpitate like the chill seas
Around the misty Hebrides!
Ah, by no wind those clouds are driven
That rustle through the unquiet Heaven
Uneasily, from morn till even,
Over the violets there that lie
In myriad types of the human eye-
Over the lilies there that wave
And weep above a nameless grave!
They wave:- from out their fragrant tops
Eternal dews come down in drops.
They weep:- from off their delicate stems
Perennial tears descend in gems. 

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Poet: Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe Art)
Poem: The Valley Of Unrest

Comment 4 of 4, added on November 15th, 2009 at 9:58 PM.
THIS POEM IS SICK

This poem is off the hook YO. It was like the fo shizzle to my nizzle baby!!!!

David from Canada
Comment 3 of 4, added on February 4th, 2009 at 6:00 PM.

The Valley Of Unrest is a very good poem anyone who doesn't like this poem aint doin nuthin but hatin

Tavis Payton from United States
Comment 2 of 4, added on December 4th, 2007 at 2:43 AM.

The valley of Unrest is a very beautiful and psychological piercing poem. It does reveal the state of mind of the writer. Like, in the Raven,in the valley of Unrest Poe gives evidence of restlessness of his soul, probably affected by many social events of his time.In regard to romanticism in american literature,I believe Poe's poems would be the most recommended ones for students of English Language and Literature.

Nicolau nakiawete Manuel

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