...OF THE HOUSE OF USHER " Son coeur est un luth suspendu ; qu'on le louche il resonne." DE BERANGF.lt DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...country ; and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was ; but, with the...

...coloring to every detail. For instance, the first sentence of The Fall of the House of Usher is : — "During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher." Here is the keynote of the story, and...

...we can do no better than examine the often-quoted opening of Poe's "Fall of.the House of Usher:" — "During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was — but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom...

...HOUSE OF USHER Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitot qu' on le touche il r£sonne. DE BERANGEB. 'DBINQ the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was, but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded...

...its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity. — POE : The Fall of the House of Usher. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening grew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was, but, with the...

...produced The Raven, The Bells, For Annie, and Annabel Lee. (FROM " THE PALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER.") During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, (15) 38 594 ENGLISH LITERATURE IN AMERICA. and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew...

...its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity. — FOE : The Fall of the House of Usher. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, ou horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades...

...the most complete, perhaps, is the Virginia edition, published by TY Crowell & Co., New York.] IDRINO the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hang oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly...

...USHER1 BY EDGAR ALLAN POE Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitdt qu'on le louche il rfoonne. BERANOER.* DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was — but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom...

...connection with this criticism. His initial sentence thus indicates the atmosphere of the story:— " During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher." Each following stroke of the master's brush adds to the desired effect. The black and lurid tarn, Roderick...