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    Las Vegas to the Grand CanyonThis selection of Poe's poems contains at least one example of every surviving poem of which he is certain or nearly certain to be the author. Variants, noted parenthetically beside the name of the poem, refer to those given in the edition of Poe's poems edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott (The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume I: Poems, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969). Mabbott's is the definitive edition of Poe's poems, including notes on all textual variants from manuscripts and texts published up to the edition edited by Griswold in 1850. For punctuation variants, refer to the very fine collection of Poe's poems by Floyd Stovall (The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1965). In general, Mabbott assigns each variant a one-letter code of "A" through "Z." It should be noted, however, that Mabbott never assigns a text "I" or "O." To a few variants, Mabbott assigns a 2-character value, with a letter and a number, such as "J2." Where we have added our own items to the list of variants, we have adopted a 2-character value comprised of letters only, such as "CB." A number of recognized reprints and translations from Poe's lifetime have been included on the list to reflect public reaction to a tale. This list is not necessarily exhaustive as there were many unauthorized reprints. (Mabbott does not list reprints, so these have been culled from a variety of other sources, especially the Bibliography (1943) by Heartman and Canny.) Generally, the text for reprints is not given here as these can hardly add to our documentation of Poe's intentions or our understanding of its meaning.

    Within these selections, all original punctuation, abbreviations and spellings have been retained. Where these spellings differ greatly from modern spellings, the most current form is noted in brackets immediately following the word. A number of obvious variants, such as "colour" for "color," reflect conventions to which we no longer adhere, but which were considered acceptable during Poe's lifetime and are left to stand without additional commentary. For manuscript material, including Poe's own corrections to printed sources, text contained within angle brackets "<...>" shows annotations made by Poe himself for the main text given. Reversed double-angle brackets ">>...<<" show text that Poe has canceled by striking or scratching out. Text contained within square brackets "[...]" is not part of the original. This text is intended as notes or corrections of typographical errors. In the original printings, some text occasionally appears within square brackets "[...]." In such cases, these have been changed to standard parentheses to avoid confusion. (Note: Over the next several months, we will be changing our stated policy concerning square brackets to retain Poe's usage and distinguish our own editorial notes by enclosing these in double-square brackets "[[...]]".)

    At the end of each selection, beyond the "End of Text" tag, is a code, such as "[S:1]". This code is intended as an internal marker for keeping track of verification of the text.  In general, a value of "[S:0]" or the total absence of the code notes that the text has been entered, but not yet verified. Anyone who has ever tried to proofread a large volume of text will appreciate the inherent difficulties.


Related Material:


The Collections and Books:

    During his lifetime, Poe published four collections of his poetry. A posthumous collection, edited by Rufus Wilmot Griswold, incorporates some additional manuscript changes, although Griswold did not have access to a few other important corrections and is therefore less than definitive. These collections are listed chronologically.  Within each of these, there is a list of poems which links to the appropriate text of text.
  • "Wilmer" manuscript collection  (about 1828, several poems in manuscript)
  • Poems   (1831, Poe's third published collection of poetry, POEMS)
  • "Richmond Examiner" manuscript collection  (late 1849, several poems for which the contents are recorded but the manuscript apparently lost)


The Poems:

    These items are arranged alphabetically by the name of the poem. Within each name, the items are listed chronologically. A few poems were published by Poe under more than one name, or under a name assigned by later editors. These poems are listed under the name most commonly used.

    Scroll down, or select letter: A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . X . Y . Z
 
 

~~ A ~~

  • An Acrostic   (written about 1829)
    • "An Acrostic"  (@1829, text "A" — the only text, manuscript)
  • Al Aaraaf   (written before May 1829)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (May 18, 1829, text "A" — of excerpts only)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (December 1829, text "B" — of excerpts only)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1829, text "C" — the first full text, ATMP)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (December 29, 1829, text "D" — lines 130-131 only, manuscript letter with extract)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1831, text "E" — with substantial revisions, POEMS)
    • "Spirit's Invocation"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (excerpts only, as part of a biographical article about Poe. No surviving copies located. Reprinted as "F")
    • "Spirit's Invocation"   (March 4, 1843, text "F" — Saturday Museum (excerpts only, as part of a biographical article about Poe. Reprinted from February 25, 1843)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (February 1845, text "G" — excerpt only, Graham's) (This excerpt appears in Lowell's article on Poe.)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (May 24, 1845, text "H" — excerpts only, Broadway Journal)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1845, text "J" — manuscript changes in ATMP in preparation for RAOP)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (October, 1845, text "J2" — manuscript changes for reading in Boston)
    • "Al Aaraaf"  (1845, text "K" — essentially a reprint of text "C," with only minor revisions, RAOP)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1848, text "L" — extracts in "The Rationale of Verse," manuscript fragments)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (October 1848, text "M" — extracts in "The Rationale of Verse," Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1849, text "N" — extracts in "A Reviewer Reviewed," manuscript)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1850, text "P" — WORKS)
    • "Al Aaraaf"   (1850, text "Q" — extracts in "The Rationale of Verse," WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "Al Aaraaf"  (1830 — Baltimore Minerva and Emerald) (excerpts, printed as part of a review of ATMP)
    • "Al Aaraaf"  (November 4, 1845 — Boston Daily Star, p. 4) (reprint noted by K. Ljundquist, Victorian Periodicals Review, Fall 1995, p. 206-208, item 7.)
    • "Al Aaraaf"  (November 5, 1845 — Boston Daily Star, p. 4) (reprint noted by K. Ljundquist, Victorian Periodicals Review, Fall 1995, p. 208, item 8.)
    • "Al Aaraaf"  (November 6, 1845 — Boston Daily Star, p. 4) (reprint noted by K. Ljundquist, Victorian Periodicals Review, Fall 1995, p. 208, item 9.)
  • Alone  ("From childhood's hour, I have not been . . .") (written about 1829)
    • "Original [Alone]" (@1829, text "A" — the only text)
    • "Alone" (September 1875 — Scribner's Monthly Magazine) (The poem was printed as a facimile, but with the title and a date added. These adjustments, by Eugene L. Dider, caused some concern about the authenticity of the poem, concerns which have long since been dismissed.)
    • "Alone"  (1876 — Works (Ingram)) (This is the American edition, published by W. J. Widdleton.)
  • Alone  ("O! I care not that my earthly lot . . .") (written about 1828) (see "To M—")
  • Annabel Lee  (written about May 1849)
    • "Annabel Lee"  (1849, text "A" — "Griswold" manuscript)
    • "Annabel Lee" (1849, text "B" — "Moore" manuscript)
    • "Annabel Lee" (July 1849, text "C" — "Hirst" manuscript)
    • "Annabel Lee" (July 1849, text "D" — "Sartain" manuscript)
    • "Annabel Lee" (October 1849, text "E" — "Thompson" manuscript)
    • "Annabel Lee" (@ August, 1849, text "F" — Richmond Examiner)
    • "Annabel Lee" (October 9, 1849, text "G" — New-York Daily Tribune)  (The "Ludwig" obituary)
    • "Annabel Lee" (November 1849, text "H" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Annabel Lee" (late 1849, text "J" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition)
    • "Annabel Lee" (January 1850, text "K" — Sartain's)
    • "Annabel Lee" (1850, text "L" — WORKS)
          Reprints: (widely reprinted in October 1849 as part of an obituary for Poe. Both "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells" were alternately given the status of "Poe's last poem.")
    • "Annabel Lee"   (October 13, 1849 — Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellow's Family Companion)
    • "Annabel Lee"   (October 13, 1849 — Literary World)
    • "Annabel Lee" (October 16, 1849  — New-York Tribune (California edition))
    • "Annabel Lee"   (October 20, 1849 — Home Journal)
    • "Annabel Lee" (October 20, 1849  — New-York Weekly Tribune)
    • "Annabel Lee"  (October 23, 1849 — Evening Mirror (New York))
    • "Annabel Lee"  (October 24, 1849 — Dollar Newspaper (Philadelphia))  (reprinted as part of the "Ludwig" obituary from the Tribune)
    • "Annabel Lee"   (October 27, 1849 — Boston Museum) (reprinted as part of an obituary from the New York Metropolis)
    • "Annable [[Annabel]] Lee"  (November 3, 1849 — Portland Transcript (Maine))
    • "Annabel Lee"  (1850 — The Present or a Gift for the Times, Manchester, New Hampshire, edited by F. A. Moore)
    • "Annabel Lee" (February 1854  — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Annabel Lee" (February 1854  — Graham's)  (reprinted in a biographical notice, pp. 216-225)
    • and many others
~~ B ~~
  •  The Bells  (written about May 1848)
    • "The Bells"   (1848, text "A" — manuscript of short text, lost and not recorded)
    • "The Bells"   (1848, text "B" — manuscript)
    • "The Bells"   (1848, text "C" — manuscript)
    • "The Bells"   (February 6, 1849, text "D" — manuscript of long text, lost and not recorded)
    • "The Bells" (1849, text "E" — manuscript, missing stanza 3)
    • "The Bells"   (@ August 1849, text "F" — Richmond Examiner proofsheets)
    • "The Bells" (November 1849, text "G" — printed form of text "E," Sartain's)
    • "The Bells"   (October 27, 1849, text "H" — Home Journal)
    • "The Bells"   (1850, text "J" — WORKS)
          Reprints: (Both "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells" were alternately given the status of "Poe's last poem.")
    • "The Bells"  (October 18, 1849 — Evening Mirror (New York))
    • "The Bells"  (October 17, 1849 — New York Daily Tribune)
    • "The Bells"  (October 20, 1849 — New York Weekly Tribune)
    • "The Bells"  (October 27, 1849 — M'Makin's Model American Courier, formerly called the Saturday Courier)  (Apparently reprinted from "G") (Not in H&C. Noted for sale by a dealer in 1995.)
    • "The Bells"  (October 27, 1849 — Literary World)
    • "The Bells"  (October 31, 1849 — Dollar Newspaper) (not in H&C. Noted in 1992 "The Poe Catalogue," of the 19th Century Bookshop, p. 92.)
    • "The Bells"  (November 1849 — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "The Bells"  (November 1849 — Aurora Borealis (Boston))  (This unauthorized reprint from Sartain's mistakenly prints "alarm" for "alarum" in the third stanza.)
    • "The Bells"  (November 3, 1849 — Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule)
    • "The Bells"  (November 24, 1849 — Littel's Living Age)
    • "The Bells"  (December 1, 1849 — Boston Museum)
    • "The Bells"  (1851 — The Literary Reader, For Academics and High Schools)  (one of the earliest school books to include Poe.)
    • "The Bells" (1852 — The String of Diamonds, Gathered from Many Mines, by "A Gem Fancier." )  (copyright is 1851. It also includes "The Raven," and many poems by other poets.)
    • "The Bells"  (April 16, 1853 — Littel's Living Age) (also with a reprint of "The Haunted Palace")
  • Beloved Physician  (written about April 1847)
    • "Beloved Physician"  (April 1847, text "A" — manuscript, lost and not recorded)
    • "Beloved Physician"  (1847, text "B" — recollection of fragments by Mrs. Shew)
    • "Beloved Physician"  (1847, text "C" — fragments only, published by J. H. Ingram)
  • Bridal Ballad
    • "Ballad"   (January 1837, text "A" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Ballad"   (July 31, 1841, text "B" — Saturday Evening Post)
    • "Ballad"   (March 4, 1843, text "C" — Saturday Museum)
    • "Bridal Ballad"   (August 2, 1845, text "D" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Bridal Ballad" (1845, text "E" — RAOP)
    • "Bridal Ballad"   (1849, text "F" — manuscript revisions in J. Lorimer Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "Bridal Ballad"   (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "Bridal Ballad"  (August 15, 1845 — Boston Post, p. 1, reprinted with Poe's name from the Broadway Journal)  (This reprint noted by K. Ljungquist, from a paper printed in Emersonian Circles, 1997, p. 195n24.)
  • Catholic Hymn (See "Hymn")
  • The City in the Sea
    • "The Doomed City" (1831, text "A" — POEMS)
    • "The City of Sin"  (August 1836, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "The City in the Sea"  (April 1845, text "C" — American Review)
    • "The City in the Sea"  (August 30, 1845, text "D" — Broadway Journal)
    • "The City in the Sea"  (1845, text "E" — RAOP)
    • "The City in the Sea"  (1845-1849, text "F" — manuscript revisions in J. Lorimer Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "The City in the Sea"  (late 1849, text "G" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "The City in the Sea"  (1850, text "H" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "[The Doomed City]"  (May 7, 1831 — New York Mirror)  (reprint of excerpts from Poems in a short review)
  • The Coliseum
    • "The Coliseum" (October 26, 1833, text "A" — Baltimore Saturday Visiter)
    • "The Coliseum" (1835, text "B" — in "Politian" manuscript)
    • "The Coliseum" (August 1835, text "C" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "The Coliseum" (@1841, text "D" — "Herring" manuscript)
    • "The Coliseum" (June 12, 1841, text "E" — Saturday Evening Post)
    • "The Coliseum" (1842, text "F" — Poets and Poetry of America) (The poem continued to appear in later editions.)
    • "The Coliseum" (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "The Coliseum" (March 4, 1843, text "G" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "The Coliseum" (July 12, 1845, text "H" — Broadway Journal)
    • "The Coliseum" (1845, text "J" — RAOP)
    • "The Coliseum" (1845, text "K" — The Poetry of the Sentiments)
    • "The Coliseum" (1845-1849, text "L" — manuscript revisions in J. Lorimer Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "The Coliseum" (1850, text "M" — WORKS)
           Reprints: (excertps)
    • "Ruins" (1849 — The Poets Offering for 1850) (Noted by H&C, p. 129. This excerpt reprints 8 lines from the poem.)
  • The Conqueror Worm
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (January 1843, text "A" — Graham's)
    • "The Conqueror Worm"  (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (March 4, 1843, text "B" — Saturday Museum)  (from February 25, 1843)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (February 15, 1845, text "C" — in "Ligeia," New World)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (May 24, 1845, text "D" — Broadway Journal)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (September 27, 1845, text "E" — in "Ligeia," Broadway Journal)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (1845, text "F" — RAOP, with minor changes from "J")
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (@1847, text "G" — "Griswold" manuscript, lost)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (1847, text "H" — Poets and Poetry of America, 8th edition)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (1850, text "K" — in "Ligeia" WORKS)
    • "The Conqueror Worm" (1850, text "L" — WORKS)
    ~~ D ~~
  • A Dream
    • "A Dream"   (1829, text "B" — ATMP)
    • "A Dream"   (1845, text "C" — manuscript changes in ATMP in preparation for RAOP)
    • "A Dream"   (August 16, 1845, text "D" — Broadway Journal)
  • A Dream Within a Dream
    • "For Annie" (Early 1849, text "A" — "Annie" manuscript)
    • "A Dream Within a Dream" (March 31, 1849, text "B" — Flag of Our Union)
    • "To —" (@ August 1849, text "C" — Richmond Examiner proofsheets)
    • "A Dream Within a Dream" (1850, text "D" — WORKS)
      (See also "Imitation" and "To ——" )
  • Dream-Land
    • "Dream-Land" (June 1844, text "A" — Graham's)
    • "Dream-Land" (June 28, 1845, text "B" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Dream-Land" (1845, text "C" — RAOP, with two minor modifications from "E")
    • "Dream-Land" (late 1849, text "D" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "Dream-Land" (October 23, 1849, text "F" — Richmond Examiner)
    • "Dream-Land" (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "Dreamland"  (April 18, 1846 — Littel's Living Age)
    ~~ E ~~
  • Eldorado
  • Elizabeth
    • "Elizabeth"  (@1829, text "A," the only text — manuscript)
  • Enigma [On Shakespeare]
    • "Enigma" (February 2, 1833, text "A," the only text — Baltimore Saturday Visiter)
  • An Enigma  (Sarah Anna Lewis)  (written about November 1847)
    • "Sonnet"   (March 1848, text "A" — Union Magazine)
    • "An Enigma" (1850, text "B"  — WORKS)
  • Epigram for Wall Street  (written in 1845)
  • Evangeline
    • "[Evangeline]" (1848, text "A," in "The Rationale of Verse" — manuscript)
    • "[Evangeline]" (November 1848, text "B," in "The Rationale of Verse" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Evangeline" (summer 1849, text "C," in "Mem. for Philadelphia — manuscript)
  • Evening Star
  • Eulalie
    • "Eulalie" (February 1843, text "Y"  — questionable "Carter" manuscript)
    • "Eulalie" (1844, text "A"  — "Hirst" manuscript)
    • "Eulalie" (@1844, text "Z" — "Hearst" manuscript)
    • "Eulalie" (July 1845, text "B" — American Review)
    • "Eulalie" (August 9, 1845, text "C" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Eulalie" (@1845, text "D" — "Yale" manuscript)
    • "Eulalie" (1845, text "E" — RAOP, with one manuscript revision from "G")
    • "Eulalie" (1846, text "F" — manuscript)
    • "Eulalie" (1849, text "G" — one manuscript revision in Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "Eulalie" (1850, text "H" — WORKS)
    ~~ F ~~
  • Fairyland
    • "[Heaven]"   (September 1829, text "A" — of excerpts only, Yankee)
    • "[Untitled]"   (November 1829, text "B" — of excerpts only, American Monthly)
    • "Fairyland"   (1829, text "C" — ATMP)
    • "Fairy-Land"   (1829 or 1830, text "D" — of excerpts only)
    • "Fairy Land"   (1831, text "E" — POEMS)
    • "Fairyland"   (August 1839, text "F" — Burton's)
    • "Fairy-Land"   (1845, text "G" — manuscript revisions in ATMP in prepartion for RAOP)
    • "Fairy-Land"   (1845, text "H" — RAOP)
    • "Fairyland"   (October 4, 1845, text "J" — Broadway Journal)
      "Fairy-Land"   (1850, text "K" — WORKS)
         Reprint:
    • "[Fairy Land]"  (May 7, 1831 — New York Mirror)  (reprint of excerpts from Poems in a short review)
  • Fanny
    • "Fanny" (May 18, 1833, text "A," the only text  — Baltimore Saturday Visiter)
  • For Annie
    • "For Annie"  (March 23, 1849, text "A" — "Annie" manuscript)
    • "For Annie"  (April 1, 1849, text "AA"  — "Chester" manuscript)
    • "For Annie"  (April 28, 1849, text "B" — Flag of Our Union)
    • "For Annie"  (April 20, 1849, text "C" — "Willis" manuscript)
    • "For Annie"  (April 28, 1849, text "D" — Home Journal)
    • "For Annie"  (May 16, 1849, text "E" — Oquawka Spectator)
    • "For Annie"  (late 1849, text "F" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "For Annie" (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
    • "For Annie"  (September 26, 1849, text "H" — "Talley" manuscript, lost and not recorded)
    • "For Annie"  (1849, text "Z" — Richmond Examiner proofsheets)
          Reprints:
    • "For Annie"  (July 31, 1849 — Richmond Daily Republican, from the Home Journal) (see Poe Log, p. 820-821)
    ~~ H ~~
  • The Happiest Day
  • The Haunted Palace
    • "The Haunted Palace" (April 1839, text "A" — American Museum)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (September 1839, text "B" — in "The Fall of the House of Usher," Burton's)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1840, text "C" — in "The Fall of the House of Usher," Tales of G & A)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1842, text "D" — in "The Fall of the House of Usher," manuscript changes in Phantasy Pieces)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1842, text "E" — Poets and Poetry of America) (The poem continued to appear in later editions.)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (March 4, 1843, text "F" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (February 1845, text "G" — Graham's)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1845, text "H" — in "The Fall of the House of Usher," Tales)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1845, text "J" — RAOP)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1847, text "K" — in "The Fall of the House of Usher," Prose Writers of America)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1850, text "Q" — in "The Fall of the House of Usher," WORKS)
    • "The Haunted Palace" (1850, text "R" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "The Haunted Palace"  (January 21, 1845 — Evening Mirror (New York))
    • "[The Haunted Palace]"  (May 24, 1845, excerpt of begining 12 lines — Broadway Journal)  (This is one of several examples Poe quotes in his review of William Lord's Poems.)
    • "The Haunted Palace"  (August 9, 1845 — Baltimore Saturday Visiter)  (reprinted as part of a letter by Edward H. Docwra)
    • "The Haunted Palace"  (May 23, 1846 — Littel's Living Age)
    • "The Haunted Palace"  (April 16, 1853 — Littel's Living Age) (also with a reprint of "The Bells")
    • "The Haunted Palace"  (1849 — The Gift-Leaves of American Poetry) (H&C, p. 126.)
  • Hymn
    • "[Catholic Hymn]"   (@1833, text "A" — in "Morella," manuscript)
    • "[Catholic Hymn]"   (April 1835, text "B" — in "Morella," Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "[Catholic Hymn]"   (November 1839, text "C" — in "Morella," Burton's)
    • "[Catholic Hymn]"   (1840, text "D" — in "Morella," Tales of the G & A)
    • "[Catholic Hymn]"   (1842, text "E" — in "Morella," Phantasy Pieces)
    • "[Catholic Hymn]"   (August 16, 1845, text "F" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Catholic Hymn"   (1845, text "G" — RAOP)
    • "Hymn"   (1845, text "H" — RAOP, with manuscript title change.)
    • "Hymn"   (1850, text "J" — WORKS)
    ~~ I ~~
  • Impromptu. To Kate Carol  (written about April 26, 1845)
  • Israfel
    • "Israfel"   (1831, text "A" — POEMS)
    • "Israfel"   (August 1836, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Israfel"   (October 1841, text "C" — Graham's)
    • "Israfel"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "Israfel"   (March 4, 1843, text "D" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "Israfel"   (July 26, 1845, text "E" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Israfel"   (1845, text "F" — RAOP, with minor punctuational manuscript revision from "G")
    • "Israfel"   (late 1849, text "H" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "Israfel"   (1850, text "J" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "Israfel"   (November 1841 — Lady's Pearl (Lowell))
    • "Israfel"  (November 26, 1845 — New-York Daily Tribune)
    • "Israfel"  (November 29, 1845 — New-York Weekly Tribune)
    ~~ L ~~
  • The Lake
    • "The Lake"   (1827, text "A" — TAOP)
    • "The Lake"   (1828, text "B" — manuscript)
    • "The Lake — To —"   (1829, text "C" — ATMP)
    • "The Lake"   (1831, text "D" — incorporated into "Tamerlane" in POEMS)
    • "The Lake. To ——"   (1846, text "E" — Missionary Memorial) (H&C note, pp. 124-125, that this book was reprinted, from the same plates, in 1848. It was printed again in 1849 for The Missionary Offering for 1850 and yet again in 1853. In 1851, it was apparently called The Christian Souvenir and Missionary Memorials.)
    • "The Lake —  To —"    (1845, text "F" — RAOP)
    • "The Lake — To ——"   (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
  • Latin Hymn  (written about May 1833)
    • "[Latin Hymn]"  (May 4, 1833, text "A" — in "Epimanes," manuscript)
    • "[Latin Hymn]"  (March 1836, text "B" — in "Epimanes" Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "[Latin Hymn]"  (1840, text "C" — in "Epimanes" Tales of the G & A)
    • "[Latin Hymn]"  (1845, text "D" — in "Four Beasts in One" Broadway Journal)
    • "[Latin Hymn]"  (1850, text "E" — in "Four Beasts in One" WORKS)
  • Lenore
    • "Lenore" (February 1843, text "A" — The Pioneer) (Printed in Boston and also Philadelphia.)
    • "Lenore" (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "Lenore" (March 4, 1843, text "B" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "Lenore" (@ October 1844, text "C" — periodical uncertain, possibly the New York Sunday Times. Text reprinted in "C1", "C2" and "C3," see below.)
    • "Lenore" (February 1845, text "D" — Graham's)
    • "Lenore" (August 16, 1845, text "E" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Lenore" (1845, text "F" — RAOP)
    • "Lenore" (late 1849, text "G" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "Lenore" (May (?) 1849, text "H" (lines 20-26) — Letter to R. W. Griswold)
    • "[Lenore]" (@ June 1849 — lines 10-12 only, "Griswold" manuscript)
    • "Lenore" (@ August 1849, text "J" — manuscript revisions in J. Lorimer Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "Lenore" (September 18, 1849, text "K" — Richmond Daily Whig)
    • "[Lenore]"  (1850 — lines 10-12 only in article about H. B. Hirst, WORKS)
    • "Lenore" (1850, text "L" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "[Lenore]" (before November 28, 1844, text "C1" — Jackson Advocate (Tennesee))
    • "[Lenore]" (November 28, 1844, text "C2" — Evening Mirror)
    • "Lenore"  (January 21, 1845 — Evening Mirror (New York)) (Included as part of a reprint of J. R. Lowell's article on Poe from Graham's Magazine.)
    • "Lenore"  (September ? 1845 — Chambersburg Times (Pennsylvania)) (An unathorized reprint criticized by Poe in the Broadway Journal for September 13, 1845)
    • "Dirge [Lenore]" (September 13, 1848, text "C2" — Oquawka Spectator)
  • Lines on Joe Locke  (written about 1830)
    • "[Lines on Joe Locke]"  (March 4, 1843, text "A" — Saturday Museum)  (quoted as part of an article about Poe, attributed to H. B. Hirst)
    • "[Lines on Joe Locke]"  (October 20, 1849, text "B" — M'Makin's Model American Courier, formerly called the Saturday Courier)  (quoted as part of an article about Poe by H. B. Hirst.)
    • "[Lines on Joe Locke]"  (November 1867, text "C" — second stanza only, Harper's)
~~ M ~~ ~~ O ~~ ~~ P ~~
  • A Paean
    • "A Paean"  (1831, text "A" — POEMS)
    • "A Paean"  (January 1836, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
  • Poetry
    • "Poetry"  (@1824, text "A"  — the only text, manuscript)
  • Politian (a dramatic stage play in verse)
    • "Politian"  (1835, text "A"— "Politian" Manuscript)
    • "Scenes from an Unpublished Drama" (text "B")
      • "Scenes from an unpublished Drama" (scenes IV, VI and VII)  (December 1835, text "B"— Southern Literary Messenger)
      • "Scenes from an unpublished Drama"  (scenes III and IX)  (January 1836, text "B"— Southern Literary Messenger)
    • ["Scene from Politian"] (lines from scene IV, quoted in "Imitation — Plagiarism")   (March 29, 1845, text "C"— Broadway Journal)
    • "Scenes from 'Politian' "  (scenes III, IV, VI, VII and IX) (1845, text "D" — RAOP)
    • "Scenes from 'Politian' " (scenes III, IV, VI, VII and IX) (1846-1849, text "E"— manuscript revisions in Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "Scenes from 'Politian' " (scenes III, IV, VI, VII and IX) (1850, text "F" — WORKS)
    • ["Scene from Politian"] (lines from scene IV, quoted in "Mr. Longfellow and Other Plagiarists")  (1856, text "G"— WORKS)
~~ R ~~
  • The Raven
    • "The Raven"   (February 1845, text "A" — American Review)
    • "The Raven"   (January 29, 1845, text "B" — Evening Mirror)
    • "The Raven"   (March 1845, text "C" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "The Raven"   (February 3, 1845, text "D" — manuscript revision of lines 60-66)
    • "The Raven"   (February 4, 1845, text "E" — New-York Daily Tribune)  (Noted as "From the American Review for February," although Poe is given as the author, first acknowledged in the Evening Mirror.)
    • "The Raven"   (February 8, 1845, text "F" — Broadway Journal)
    • "The Raven"   (May 24, 1845, text "G" — lines 3-4 only, Broadway Journal)
    • "The Raven"   (June 14, 1845, text "H" — Critic)
    • "The Raven"   (1845, text "J" — RAOP)
    • "The Raven"   (late 1845, text "K" — manuscript revision of lines 103-108)
    • "The Raven"   (December 1845, text "L" — Literary Emporium) (The subtitle of this journal is "A Compendium of Religious Literary and Philosophical Knowledge.")
    • "The Raven"   (April 1846, text "M" — lines quoted in "The Philosophy of Composition," Graham's)
    • "The Raven"   (July 25, 1846, text "N" — Saturday Courier)
    • "The Raven"   (May 29, 1847, text "P" — Poets and Poetry of America) (The poem continued to appear in later editions.)
    • "The Raven"   (January 1848, text "Q" — lines quoted in the Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "The Raven"   (September 1848, text "R" — "Whittaker" manuscript)
    • "The Raven"   (October 18, 1848, text "RA" — "Bowen" manuscript) (Mabbott thought that this manuscript, referred to by Poe in his October 18, 1848 letter to Eli Bowen, was the same as the manuscript given to Whittaker, but this seems to make little sense as Poe's letter clearly states that he is sending a copy of the manuscript to Bowen. The text for the "Bowen" manuscript is almost certainly the same as that for text "R", but the manuscript itself is presumably lost.)
    • "The Raven"   (1846-1849, text "S" — manuscript revisions in J. Lorimer Graham RAOP)
    • "The Raven"   (September 25, 1849, text 'T" — Semi-Weekly Examiner)
    • "The Raven"   (November 3, 1849, text "U" — M'Makin's Model American Courier, formerly called the Saturday Courier)  (Short introductory notice titled "Poe's Great Poem," followed by "The Raven, by the Late Edgar Allan Poe.")
    • "The Raven"   (1850, text 'W" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "The Raven"   (February 3, 1845 — New York  Morning News)  (First documented by G. Thomas Tanselle in "An Unknown Early Appearance of 'The Raven'," Studies in Bibliography, XVI, 1963 and noted in Poe Newsletter (Poe Studies), October 1968, p. 30)
    • "The Raven"   (February 8, 1845 — Weekly Mirror)
    • "The Raven"   (February 8, 1845 — New-York Weekly Tribune)
    • "The Raven"   (February 15, 1845 — Howard District Press (Maryland))
    • "The Raven"   (February 15, 1845 — Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette (Philadelphia)) (not in H&C. Noted in 1992 "The Poe Catalogue," of the 19th Century Bookshop, p. 75. The poem appears there under the heading "A Beautiful Poem.")
    • "The Raven"   (1845 (published by April 19, 1845) — A Plain System of Elocution, by G. Vandenhoff, second edition, New York) (Although this was an unauthorized reprint, it is the first appearance of the poem in a book. Later editions do not include the poem. It may have been removed by legal pressure.)
    • "The Raven"   (June 6, 1845 — Massachusetts Temperance Standard)  (not in H&C. Noted for sale by a dealer on Nov. 8, 2000.)
    • "The Raven"   (July 26, 1845 — Littel's Living Age)
    • "The Raven"   (December 1846 — Ladies Wreath and Literary Gatherer (Boston))
    • "The Raven"   (1848 — Literary Annual) (This item is listed by H&C, p. 116. The subtitle of this journal is "A Compendium of Religious Literary and Philosophical Knowledge." It may be a reprint of the Literary Emporium of 1845 noted above.)
    • "The Raven"   (November 1, 1848 — Dollar Newspaper)
    • "The Raven" (about November 1848 — Hartford Weekly Gazette) (This paper was edited by Rufus W. Griswold, the same name but not the same person who edited Poe's works in 1850 and wrote the malicious memoir of Poe. Poe mentions the reprint of the poem in a November 26, 1848 letter to Sarah Helen Whitman.)
    • "The Raven"   (September 12, 1849 — Oquawka Spectator) (Printed with the introductory note: "We publish on our first page, this week, one of the most remarkable poems ever written. Mr. Poe has long held the rank of one of our very best poets, and The Raven is in his best style. We bespeak for it a careful perusal. There will be found running through it, clothed in a robe of euphonious rhymes and remarkably appropriate language, an Idea well worthy of the pen of its author -- the never-dying existence of the memory.")
    • "The Raven"   (December 15, 1849 — Boston Museum)
    • "The Raven"   (1851 — Parker's Fourth Reader) (The poem is lesson XLXXIV)
    • "The Raven" (1852 — The String of Diamonds, Gathered from Many Mines, by "A Gem Fancier." )  (copyright is 1851. It also includes "The Bells," and many poems by other poets.)
    • "The Raven"   (September 1857 — The Orator)
    • and many others
          Forgeries:
    • T. O. Mabbott notes that "A 'complete manuscript' reproduced in Muse Anthology of Modern Poetry (New York, 1939) is generally regarded as a recent concoction" (Poems, 1969, p. 364). This manuscript is different from the one in the Gimbel collection (version "R" above), which is considered authentic.
  • Romance
    • "Preface"   (1829, text "A" — ATMP)
    • "Preface"   (December 29, 1829, text "B" — lines 11-15 only, manuscript letter)
    • "Introduction"   (1831, text "C" — POEMS)
    • "[Untitled]"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "[Untitled]"   (March 4, 1843, text "D" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "Romance"   (1845, text "E" — manuscript changes in ATMP in preparation for RAOP)
    • "Romance"   (August 30, 1845, text "F" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Romance"   (1845, text "G" — RAOP)
    • "Romance"   (1850, text "H" — WORKS)
    • "[Untitled]"   (April 26, 1850, text "J" — lines 11-15, printed from text "B," Portland Daily Advertiser)
          Reprints:
    • "Romance"  (September 3, 1845 — Boston Post, p. 1, reprinted anonymously from the Broadway Journal)  (This reprint noted by K. Ljungquist, from a paper printed in Emersonian Circles, 1997, p. 195n24.)
~~ S ~~
  • Serenade
    • "Serenade" (1833, text "A," the only text — Baltimore Saturday Visiter)
  • The Sleeper
    • "Irene"  (1831, text "A" — POEMS)
    • "Irene"   (May 1836, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Irene"   (early 1837, text "C" — "McCabe" manuscript)
    • "The Sleeper"   (1842, text "D" — Poets and Poetry of America) (The poem continued to appear in later editions.)
    • "The Sleeper"   (May 22, 1841, text "E" — Saturday Chronical)
    • "The Sleeper"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "The Sleeper"   (March 4, 1841, text "F" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "The Sleeper"   (May 3, 1845, text "G" — Broadway Journal)
    • "The Sleeper"   (1845, text "H" — RAOP)
    • "The Sleeper"   (1849, text "J" — manuscript revisions in J. Lorimer Graham copy of RAOP)
    • "The Sleeper"   (1850, text "K" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "Irene"  (May 1831 — Casket)
  • Song
    • "To — —"  (1827, text "A"  — TAOP)
    • "To — —"  (1828, text "B"  — manuscript)
    • "To — —"  (1829, text "C" — ATMP, with one manuscript note from "D")
    • "Song"  (1845, text "E"  — one manuscript change in ATMP in preparation for RAOP)
    • "Song"   (1845, text "F" — RAOP)
    • "Song"  (September 20, 1845, text "G"  — Broadway Journal)
    • "Song"  (1850, text "H"  — WORKS)
  • [Song of Triumph from Epimanes]
    • "[Song of Triumph]" (1836, text "B" — in "Epimanes" Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "[Song of Triumph]"  (1840, text "C" — in "Epimanes" Tales of the G & A)
    • "[Song of Triumph]"  (1845, text "D" — in "Four Beasts in One" Broadway Journal)
    • "[Song of Triumph]"  (1850, text "E" — in "Four Beasts in One" WORKS)
  • Sonnet — Silence
    • "Silence, a Sonnet" (December 25, 1839, text "A" — manuscript)
    • "Silence, a Sonnet" (January 4, 1840, text "B" — Saturday Courier)
    • "Silence, a Sonnet" (April 1840, text "C" — Burton's)
    • "Sonnet — Silence"  (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "Sonnet — Silence" (March 4, 1843, text "D" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "Sonnet — Silence" (July 26, 1845, text "E" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Sonnet — Silence" (1845, text "F" — RAOP)
    • "Silence" (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
  • Sonnet — To Science
    • "[Untitled]" (1829, text "A" — ATMP)
    • "Sonnet"    (September 11, 1830, text "B" — Saturday Evening Post)
    • "Sonnet"    (October 1830, text "C" — The Casket)
    • "[Untitled]" (1831, text "D" — POEMS)
    • "Sonnet"    (May 1836, text "E" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "[Untitled]"    (June 1841, text "F" — Graham's)  (Included in "The Island of the Fay.")
    • "Sonnet — To Science"    (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "Sonnet — To Science"    (March 1843, text "G" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "Sonnet — To Science"    (August 2, 1845, text "H" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Sonnet — To Science"    (1845, text "J" — RAOP)
    • "Sonnet — To Science"    (1850, text "K" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "[Untitled]"   (May 1831, text "CA" — The Casket)  (This poem is quoted, along with two others, from Poe's 1831 volume of Poems.)
  • Sonnet — To Zante
    • "Sonnet — To Zante" (January 1837, text "A" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "To Zante" (November 6, 1840, text "B" — "Stoddard" manuscript)
    • "Sonnet — To Zante" (March 4, 1843 text "C" — Saturday Museum)
    • "Sonnet — To Zante" (July 19, 1845 text "D" — Broadway Journal)
    • "Sonnet — To Zante" (1845, text "E" — RAOP)
    • "Sonnet — To Zante" (1849 text "F" — in "A Reviewer Reviewed" manscript)
    • "To Zante" (1850 text "G" — Poets and Poetry of America)
    • "To Zante" (1850 text "H" — WORKS)
  • Spiritual Song
  • Stanzas
~~ T ~~
  • Tamerlane
    • "Tamerlane"   (1827, text "A" — TAOP)
    • "Tamerlane"   (1828, text "B" — fragmentary manuscript)
    • "Tamerlane"   (1829, text "C" — ATMP, with one manuscript variant from text "D")
    • "Tamerlane"   (December 1829, text "E" — excerpts only, Yankee)
    • "Tamerlane"   (1831, text "F" — POEMS)
    • "Tamerlane"   (1845, text "G" — manuscript revisions in ATMP prepared for RAOP)
    • "Tamerlane"   (1845, text "H" — RAOP)
    • "Tamerlane"   (1850, text "J" — WORKS)
  • To — ["Should my early life seem . . ."]
    • "To — —" (1829, text "A" — manuscript, lost but text recorded)
    • "To — —"   (December 1829, text "B," Yankee  — excerpts only)
    • "To — —" (1829, text "C" — ATMP)
    • "To — —" (1831, text "D" — incorporated into "Tamerlane" in POEMS)
      (See also "A Dream Within a Dream" and "Imitation" )
          Reprint:
      "To —"  (1830 — Baltimore Minerva and Emerald) (printed as part of a review of ATMP)
  • To — ["The bowers whereat . . . "]
    • "To — —" (1829, text "A" — ATMP)
    • "To — —" (1845, text "B" — manuscript revisions in ATMP in preparation for ROAP)
    • "To — —" (September 20, 1845, text "C" — Broadway Journal)
    • "To ——" (1845, text "D" — ROAP)
    • "To ——" (1850, text "E" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "To — —"  (January 1846 — Knickerbocker) (printed as part of a review of The Raven and Other Poems)
  • To —— ["Sleep on, sleep on, another hour . . ."]
    • "To ———" (May 11, 1833, text "A," the only text  — Baltimore Saturday Visiter)
  • To —— [Violet Vane]
  • To F——s S. O——d [Frances Sargent Osgood]
    • "To Elizabeth"  (@1833, text "A" — manuscript)
    • "Lines Written in an Album"   (1835, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "To —"  (August 1839, text "C" — Burton's)
    • "To —"  (@1841, text "D" — "Herring" manuscript, written by Virginia Poe)
    • "To F—"  (September 13, 1845, text "E" — lines 1-4 only, Broadway Journal)
    • "To F——s S. O——d" (1845, text "F" — RAOP)
    • "To —"  (1848, text "G" — The Lover's Gift, for 1849)
    • "To F——s S. O——d"  (1850, text "H" — WORKS)
    • "To F——s S. O——d"  (date uncertain, text "J" — "Chapin" manuscript)
          Reprint:
    • "To F——s S. O——d"  (January 1846 — Knickerbocker) (printed as part of a review of The Raven and Other Poems)
  • To Frances
    • "To Mary"  (July 1835, text "A" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "To One Departed"   (March 1842, text "B" — Graham's)
    • "To One Departed"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "To One Departed"   (March 4, 1843, text "C" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "To F— [Frances]"   (April 26, 1845, text "D" — Broadway Journal)
    • "To F —— " (1845, text "E" — RAOP)
    • "To F —— " (1850, text "F" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "To One Departed"   (March 5, 1842, reprinted from "B" — The New World, p. 2, col. 4, towards the bottom)
  • To Helen ["Helen, thy beauty is to me. . ."]
    • "To Helen"   (1831, text "A" — POEMS)
    • "To Helen"   (March 1836, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "To Helen"   (September 1841, text "C" — Graham's)
    • "To Helen"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "To Helen"   (March 4, 1843, text "D" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "To Helen"   (February 1845, text "E" — Graham's)
    • "To Helen"   (1845, text "F" — RAOP, with manuscript title change from "H")
    • "To Helen"   (1848, text "G" — The Lover's Gift, for 1849)
    • "To Helen"   (1850, text "J" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "To Helen"  (May 1831 — Casket)
    • "To Helen"  (April 11, 1836 — The Metropolitan (Georgetown))
    • "To Helen"  (May 21, 1841 — Saturday Evening Post)
    • "To Helen"  (January 24, 1845 — New-York Daily Tribune)
    • "To Helen"  (February 1, 1845 — New-York Daily Tribune)
    • "To Helen"  (1864 — The Wreath of Beauty)
  • To Helen [Sarah Helen Whitman]
    • "[To Helen]"   (June 1, 1848, text "A" — "Whitman" manuscript) (Mrs. Whitman sent this manuscript to Dr. J. R. Buchanan of Louisville, Kentucky for a "psychometric reading." Dr. Buchanan appears not to have returned the mansucript, and it is now presumed lost. Mrs. Whitman mentions in a letter of March 6, 1874 to J. H. Ingram, "There was no signature to the poem, nor any title," although she recognized the handwriting. She says that it was sent to her by Poe "in the early summer of 1848.")
    • "To Helen"   (November 1848, text "B" — Union Magazine)
    • "To Helen"   (October 10, 1849, text "C" — New-York Daily Tribune)
    • "To Helen"   (late 1849, text "D" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "To Helen"   (1850, text "E" — WORKS)
          Reprints:
    • "To Helen"   (October 20, 1849, text "C" — New-York Weekly Tribune)
  • To Isaac Lea
  • To M—  ["I heed not that my . . . "]
    • "Alone"  (1828, text "A" — manuscript)
    • "To M—"  (1829, text "B" — ATMP)
    • "To M—"  (1845, text "C" — manuscript revisions in ATMP in preparation for RAOP)
    • "To ——"  (1845-1849, text "D" — manuscript)
    • "To ——"  (1850, text "E" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "To M—"  (1830 — Baltimore Minerva and Emerald) (excerpt, printed as part of a review of ATMP)
  • To Marie Louise [Shew]
  • To My Mother
    • "To My Mother"  (July 7, 1849, text "B" — Flag of Our Union)
    • "To My Mother"  (1850, text "B" — WORKS)
    • "Sonnet to My Mother"   (1849, text "C" — Leaflets of Memory for 1850) (an "annual" for 1850 would have been printed and sold in 1849)
          Reprints:
    • "Sonnet To My Mother"   (August 8, 1849, text "CA" — reprint, Oquawka Spectator)
    • "To My Mother"   (October 29, 1849, text "CB" — reprint, Richmond Examiner)
    • "To My Mother"   (December 1849, text "CC" — reprint with minor prefatory material, Sartain's)
    • "To My Mother"   (December 1849, text "CD" — reprint, Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "To My Mother"   (November 24, 1849, text "CE" — reprint, Home Journal)
    • "[To My Mother]"   (October 30, 1853, ttext "CF" — reprint, Home Journal, included in a "letter" about Poe by N. P. Willis.)
  • To Octavia
  • To One in Paradise
    • "[Untitled]"  (@1833, text "A" — manuscript, now lost but text recorded)
    • "[Untitled]"  (January 1834, text "B" — in "The Visionary," The Lady's Book)
    • "[Untitled]"  (July 1835, text "C" — in "The Visionary," Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "Ianthe in Heaven"  (July 1839, text "D" — Burton's)
    • "[Untitled]"  (1840, text "E" — in "The Visionary," Tales of the G & A)
    • "To Ianthe in Heaven"  (1840/1841, text "F" — American Melodies) (This book is dated 1841, but copyrighted as 1840)
    • "To One Beloved"  (January 9, 1841, text "G" — Saturday Evening Post)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum) (no surviving copies located)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (March 4, 1843, text "H" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "[Untitled]"  (@1841, text "J" — abridged text with first and last stanzas only, "Herring" manuscript)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (May 10, 1845, text "K" — Broadway Journal)
    • "[To One in Paradise]"  (June 7, 1845, text "L" — in "The Assignation," Broadway Journal)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (1845, text "M" — RAOP, with minor manuscript revisions from "N")
    • "To One in Paradise"  (Late 1849, text "P" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "[To One in Paradise]"  (1850, text "Q" — in "The Assignation" WORKS)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (1850, text "R" — WORKS)
    • "To One Departed"  (@1844, text "Z" — doubted "Huntington" manuscript)
          Reprint:
    • "To One in Paradise"  (November 26, 1845 — New-York Daily Tribune)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (November 29, 1845 — New-York Weekly Tribune)
    • "To One in Paradise"  (November 10, 1849 — Home Journal) (prints only the 3rd stanza)
  • To The River —
    • "In an Album. — To the River — —"  (1828, text "A" — manuscript)
    • "To the River ——"  (1829, text "B" — ATMP)
    • "To the River — —"  (August 1839, text "C" — Burton's)
    • "To the River — —"   (February 25, 1843 — Saturday Museum)  (no surviving copies located)
    • "To the River — —"  (March 4, 1843, text "D" — Saturday Museum) (from February 25, 1843)
    • "To the River — —"  (1845, text "E" — manuscript changes in ATMP in preparation for RAOP)
    • "To the River — —"  (September 6, 1845, text "F" — Broadway Journal)
    • "To the River ——"   (1845, text "G" — RAOP)
    • "To the River ——"   (1850, text "H" — WORKS)
~~ U ~~
  • Ulalume
    • "[Ballad of Ulalume]"  (about October, 1847 — "Bronson" manuscript, now lost and text not recorded) (see Poe Log, pp. 705 and 707)
    • "To — — —. Ulalume: A Ballad"  (December 1847, text "A" — American Review)
    • "Ulalume: A Ballad"  (January 1, 1848, text "B" — Home Journal)
    • "Ulalume — A Ballad"  (November 22, 1848, text "C" — Providence Journal)
    • "Ulalume — A Ballad"  (March 3, 1849, text "D" — Literary World)
    • "Ulalume"  (@ June 1849, text "E" — lines 30-38 only, "Griswold" manuscript)
    • "Ulalume — A Ballad"  (Late 1849, text "F" — Poets and Poetry of America, 10th edition, dated 1850)
    • "Ulalume"   (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
    • "Ulalume"  (1850, text "H" — lines 30-38 only in article about H. B. Hirst, WORKS)
    • "Ulalume — A Ballad"  (@ August 1849, text "J" — Richmond Examiner proofsheets)
    • "Ulalume — A Ballad"  (1849, text "K" — "Ingram" manuscript)
          Reprints:
    • "Ulalume"  (January 22, 1848 — Saturday Courier)  (reprinted from the Home Journal)
    • "Ulalume"  (September 8, 1849 — Portland Transcript)
    • "Ulalume"   (October 17, 1849 — Oquawka Spectator)


~~ V ~~

  • A Valentine
    • "To — — —"    (February 13, 1846, text "A" — "Poe" manuscript)
    • "To ——"    (February 14, 1846, text "B" — "Griswold/Sergeant" manuscript)
    • "To Her Whose Name is Written Below"   (February 21, 1846, text "C" — Evening Mirror)
    • "A Valentine"  (February 1848, text "D" — revised "Griswold/Sargent" manuscript)
    • "A Valentine"  (March 1849, text "E" — Sartain's)
    • "A Valentine"  (March 3, 1849, text "F" — Flag of Our Union)
    • "A Valentine"   (1850, text "G" — WORKS)
          Reprint:
    • "A Riddle for Somebody to Unriddle"  (March 20, 1849 — Evening Mirror (New York))
  • The Valley of Unrest
    • "The Valley Nis"  (1831, text "A" — POEMS)
    • "The Valley Nis"   (February 1836, text "B" — Southern Literary Messenger)
    • "The Valley of Unrest"   (April 1845, text "C" — American Review)
    • "The Valley of Unrest"   (1845, text "D" — Broadway Journal)
    • "The Valley of Unrest"   (1845, text "E" — RAOP)
    • "The Valley of Unrest"   (1850, text "F" — WORKS)


Bibliography:

  • Campbell, Killis, ed., The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Boston: Ginn and Company, 1917.
  • Edsall, Thomas, ed., The Poe Catalogue, Baltimore: The 19th Century Shop, 1992. (This catalogue includes a few reprints of material which are not noted elsewhere.)
  • Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, ed., The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Volume II - Poems and Miscellanies, New York: J. S. Redfield, 1850.
  • Harrison, James A., ed., The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume VII - Poems, New York: T. Y. Crowell, 1902. (Reprinted by New York: AMS Press, 1965.) (This edition includes several poems which are no longer attributed to Poe.)
  • Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 - Poems, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969. (Second printing 1979.) (This is the definitive edition of Poe's Poems. Many of the more obscure items are available only in this collection, which also contains extensive notes.)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, Tamerlane and Other Poems, Boston: Calvin F. Thomas, 1827. (Facsimile reprint by T. O. Mabbott, ed., New York: Facsimile Text Society, 1941. There are also other facsimiles of this edition, some of which may be mistaken for an original.)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems, Baltimore: Hatch and Dunning, 1829. (Facsimile reprint by T. O. Mabbott, ed., New York: Facsimile Text Society, 1933.)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, Poems, New York: Elam Bliss, 1831. (Facsimile reprint by Campbell, Killis, ed., New York: Facsimile Text Society, 1936.)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, The Raven and Other Poems, New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. (Facsimile reprint by T. O. Mabbott, ed., New York: Facsimile Text Society, 1942.)
  • Quinn, Patrick F., ed, Poetry and Tales, New York: The Library of America, 1978. (A good basic collection, although there are errors in some of the texts.)
  • Stovall, Floyd, ed., The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Charlottesville: The University of Virginia Press, 1965. (A fine collection, second only to Mabbott's.)
  • Whitty, James H., ed., The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. (Revised and expanded in 1917.) (This edition contains several poems which are no longer attributed to Poe.)
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