[美国]埃德加·爱伦·坡/EdgarAllanPoe
Duringthewholeofadull, dark, andsoundlessdayintheautumnoftheyear, whenthecloudshunguppressivelylowintheheavens, Ihadbeenpassingalone, onhorseback, throughasingularlydrearytractofcountry;andatlengthfoundmyself, astheshadesoftheeveningdrewon, , withthefirstglimpseofthebuilding, ;forthefeelingwasunrelievedbyanyofthathalf-pleasurable, becausepoetic, sentimentwithwhichthemindusuallyreceiveseventhesternestnaturalimagesofthedesolateorterrible, Ilookeduponthescenebeforemeuponthemerehouse, andthesimplelandscapefeaturesofthedomain, uponthebleakwalls, uponthevacanteyelikewindows, uponafewrandysedges, anduponafewwhitetrunksofdecayedtrees-withanutterdepressionofsoulwhichIcancomparetonoearthlysensationmoreproperlythantotheafterdreamofthereveleruponopium;thebitterlapseintoeverydaylife, thehideousdroppingoffoftheveil.
Therewasaniciness, asinking, asickeningoftheheart, ?Itwasamysteryallinsoluble;, thatwhile, beyonddoubt, therearecombinationsofverysimplenaturalobjectswhichhavethepowerofthusaffectingus, stilltheanalysisofthispowerliesamongconsiderationsbeyondourdepth.
