May 19, 2023
Spirits of the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe
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From time to time I will perform a classic Poe just for you, my friends. Enjoy it!
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Produced by Daniel Wilder
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One of my favorite memories of scaring
myself as a child was getting a compilation
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book of Edgar Awlan Poe stories from
my elementary school library. It brought me
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so much fear and so much excitement. I remember running home from school with
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that book in my backpack as the
sky was dark and a storm was coming.
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I was in my childhood living room, but I wasn't alone. I
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had a pizza and the books of
Poe. Every so often I'll bring you
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a tale of Poe, and I
hope it gives you that scary fun sense,
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just the same as it does for
me. When the clock strikes midnight,
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the story will begin. Spirits of
the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Thy soul shall find itself alone mid
dark thoughts of the gray tombstone, not
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one of all the crowd to pry
into thine hour of secrecy. Be silent
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in thy solitude, which is not
loneliness. For then the spirits of the
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dead, who stood in life before
THEE, are again in death around THEE,
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and their will shall then o'ershadow THEE. Be still. The night,
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though clear, shall frown, and
the stars shall look not down from their
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high thrones in the heaven with light
like hope to mortals given, but their
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red orbs without beam. To thy
weariness shall seem as a burning and a
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fever, which would cling to thee
for ever, but twill leave thee as
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each star with the dew drop flies
afar. Now are thoughts thou canst not
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banish. Now are visions never to
vanish, No more like dew drop from
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the grass, from thy spirit shall
they pass the breeze. The breath of
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God is still, and the mist
upon the hill shadowy, shadowy, yet
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unbroken, is a symbol and a
token. How it hangs upon the trees
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A mystery of mysteries,
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00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:08.359
One of my favorite memories of scaring
myself as a child was getting a compilation
2
00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:16.760
book of Edgar Awlan Poe stories from
my elementary school library. It brought me
3
00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:25.359
so much fear and so much excitement. I remember running home from school with
4
00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:33.399
that book in my backpack as the
sky was dark and a storm was coming.
5
00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:39.960
I was in my childhood living room, but I wasn't alone. I
6
00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:48.039
had a pizza and the books of
Poe. Every so often I'll bring you
7
00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:55.159
a tale of Poe, and I
hope it gives you that scary fun sense,
8
00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:02.119
just the same as it does for
me. When the clock strikes midnight,
9
00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:45.239
the story will begin. Spirits of
the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe.
10
00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:53.519
Thy soul shall find itself alone mid
dark thoughts of the gray tombstone, not
11
00:01:53.760 --> 00:02:00.200
one of all the crowd to pry
into thine hour of secrecy. Be silent
12
00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:06.280
in thy solitude, which is not
loneliness. For then the spirits of the
13
00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.919
dead, who stood in life before
THEE, are again in death around THEE,
14
00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:17.000
and their will shall then o'ershadow THEE. Be still. The night,
15
00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:23.520
though clear, shall frown, and
the stars shall look not down from their
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00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:29.919
high thrones in the heaven with light
like hope to mortals given, but their
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00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.960
red orbs without beam. To thy
weariness shall seem as a burning and a
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00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.039
fever, which would cling to thee
for ever, but twill leave thee as
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00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:47.319
each star with the dew drop flies
afar. Now are thoughts thou canst not
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00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:53.599
banish. Now are visions never to
vanish, No more like dew drop from
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00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:00.479
the grass, from thy spirit shall
they pass the breeze. The breath of
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00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:07.080
God is still, and the mist
upon the hill shadowy, shadowy, yet
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00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:13.520
unbroken, is a symbol and a
token. How it hangs upon the trees
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00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.319
A mystery of mysteries,
