Once upon a midnight dreary,
deep into that darkness peering,
Long I stood there..wondering..fearing..doubting..dreamin dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before..
But the silence was unbroken
Presently my soul grew stronger,
filled me with fantastic terrors, I never felt before....
all my soul within me
...burning...
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word... ''Lenore"
darkness there and nothings more..
This I sat engaged is guessing,
Leave my loneliness unbroken..
Save only thee and me..
Over the magic solitude..

( Edgar Allan Poe )
1809 - 1849