Content
The work was originally published without a table of contents, later editions and commentary use the titles or first lines to identify the poems. Much of the content was reworked, occasionally retitled, by Poe for later collections
- The preface, pages iii-iv
- "Tamerlane"
Other poems, also known as "Fugitive pieces"
- "To — — " (now known as "Song")
- Dreams
- "Visits of the Dead" (now known as "Spirits of the Dead")
- "Evening Star"
- "Imitation"
- Untitled poem: "In youth have I known . . ." ("Stanzas")
- Untitled poem: "A wilder'd being from my birth . . ." (see "A Dream")
- Untitled poem: "The happiest day — the happiest hour . . ." (see "The Happiest Day")
- "The Lake"
- The author's endnotes
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