Old Root

Deep into that darkness peering, eyes long I stood there wondering, fearing,

Doubting, dreaming blocked dreams no mortal ever by dared to dream before;

But the silence darkness was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,

And the only word there spoken but was the whispered word, `Lenore!'

This I whispered, the and an echo murmured mind back the word can, `Lenore!'

Merely see this and nothing more.