Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan PoeΓÇÖs verse in this complete poetry collection. Although best known for his short stories,Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric ΓÇ£To HelenΓÇ¥ to his immortal masterpiecesΓÇ£Annabel LeeΓÇ¥ ΓÇ£The BellsΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£The RavenΓÇ¥ Poe stands beside the celebrated English romantic poets ShelleyByronand Keatsand his hauntingsensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants SwinburneTennysonand Rossetti. Today his dark side speaks eloquently to contemporary readers in poems such as ΓÇ£The Haunted PalaceΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£The Conqueror WormΓÇ¥ with their powerful images of madness and the macabre. But even at the end of his lifePoe reached out to his art for comfort and couragegiving us in ΓÇ£EldoradoΓÇ¥ a talisman to hold during our darkest momentsΓÇöa timeless gift from a great American writer. Includes an Introduction by Jay Parini and an Afterword by April Bernard