Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature
and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric 'To Helen' to his immortal
masterpieces, 'Annabel Lee' 'The Bells' and 'The Raven' Poe stands
beside the celebrated English romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats,
and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the
Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti. This book is
carefully illustrated by the famous illustrator and cartoonist William
Heath Robinson. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is an artist whose
work, whether in his well known humorous drawings or his illustrations
for Kipling, Shakespeare or children's stories, is integral to British
cultural heritage. This book includes among others poems by Poe: "Alone"
(1875) "Annabel Lee" (1849) "The Bells" (1849) "The City in the Sea"
(1831) "The Conqueror Worm" (1843) "Dream-Land" (1844) "A Dream Within A
Dream" (1850) "Eldorado" (1849) "For Annie" (1849) "The Haunted Palace"
(1839) "The Raven" (1845) "The Sleeper" (1831) "To The River" (1829)
"Spirits of the Dead" (1829) "A Valentine" (1850) "The Valley of Unrest"
(1845) and many more poems.