A lonely place

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In youth's spring it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the less,
So lovely was the loneliness
Of a wild lake with black rock bound,
And the tall pines that tower'd around —

But when the night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot, as upon all,
And the ghastly wind went by
In a dirge-like melody,
Then — ah then I would awake
To the terror of the lone lake.

Yet that terror was not fright,
But a tremulous delight —
A feeling not the jewell'd mine
Could teach or bribe me to define,
Nor love — although the love were thine.

Death was in that poison'd wave,
And in its depth a fitting grave
For him who thence could solace bring
To his lone imagining —
Whose solitary soul could make
An Eden of that dim lake.

— E. A. Poe, 'the Lake, To—'

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Original fine art photographic print. Signed.
Professionally lab-printed digital high resolution image.
Image is 6.5 x 9.75", printed on 8 x 10" Kodak pro lustre glossy paper with a white border.

This image is part of my 'Curious Dreams' group, a set of landscape photographs, digitally collaged and aged to create a vintage feel and surreal atmosphere.

Please don't hesitate to ask about optional matting or larger sizes.

Added on Nov 05, 2009