Here's a tale in history
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About a period of tragedy
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A man who thought of horrid things
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But really sought what happiness brings
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Terror instilled within the souls
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Of men and women, young and old
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Come and listen to me, my friend
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He'll make your morale descend
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One Boston day, it's sad to say
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A newborn child was granted miserable life
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Abandoned by his father and
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Left alone by death of father's wife
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Foster child
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Tobacco exporter gave him a chance
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History defiled
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Twisted by literature, dark and opium enhanced
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Irregularity
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So far ahead of his time
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A spark of a breed
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Regarding all of his literature creed
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Infamy of tales and poetry
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Connecting his themes to his wildest dreams
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The maelstrom grew but no one knew
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He descended far beyond its spinning walls
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Into the pit, the black abyss
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His house was collapsing as he searched for El Dorado
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Perched upon Pallas was life, hard and callous
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The shadows of burden lifted nevermore
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The vulture eye of death concealed
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By wooden planks below the floor
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The quest for solace evolved into sorrow
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Lingering obsessions
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Intoxication, stimulation, creation
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Hindering addictions
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Apparently the message in a bottle was lost
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For I could see no conclusion
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But all of us remaining in the shrouded past
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Must remember to further ourselves by obtrusion
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Inebriated grin leads the mighty pen
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Across the paper as his fears come alive
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Satiric whim ignites the brim
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Of insanity as Pluto arrives
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Swaying cognac barriers
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And the beating of his hideous heart
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Increasing ever so constantly
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Conjuring the ne'er forgotten lore
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'Tis only this and nothing more
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Nevermore
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Lightning bolts
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Tearing through his house and soul
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Mental gibes
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Darkness hailed in what he's told
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Eternally infatuated with despair
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Fortunado leads the way to fermented pleasures
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But as the cup of drink is met
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The hour tolls and the Red Death guest reveals
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In a kingdom by the sea
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Is where they left beloved thee
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The time has come to join, my dear
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In your kingdom by the sea
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Hear the toll of the iron bells!
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The Tragic Period
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| Exhorder |
