Edgar Allen Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly I heard a tapping,

As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

“ ‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, tapping at my chamber door-

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating

“ ‘Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-

Presently my soul grew stronger, hesitating then no longer,

“Sir,” said I “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;

But the fact is I was napping and gently you came rapping,

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

That I scarce was sure I heard you” –here I opened wide the do

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Approximate Word count = 706
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)