The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

1967 • 169 pages

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A collection of epic poems telling stories from legend, history, and romance: The Prisoner of Chillon, by Lord Byron; Arethusa, by P. B. Shelley; The Eve of St. Agnes [by J. Keats] La Belle Dame Sans Merci, by J. Keats; Lady Geraldine's Courtship by E. B.lBrowning; Morte d'Arthur [by Lord Tennyson] The Revenge, by Lord Tennyson; Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister [by R. Browning] "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by R. Browning; Sohrab and Rustum, by M. Arnold; Goblin Market, by C. Rossetti; Atalanta's Race, by W. Morris; The Sacrilege, by T. Hardy; and The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by O. Wilde.

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A bit difficult reading for someone not used to this type of poetry (and who nowadays is?), but quite fun. I read it because it contains “Chile Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” which was an inspiration for Stephen Kings Dark Tower books. Some eery and disturbing images in several of the poems.

July 2, 2012

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