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by Unknown

Let the bell toll!

A saintly soul

Floats on the Stygian river;

And, Guy de Vere,

Hast thou no tear?

Weep now or never more!

See, on yon drear

And rigid bier

Low lies thy love, Lenore!

Come, let the burial-rite be read—