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Fairy Land

Edgar Allan Poe

First published August 1984
Type Poem

  • First published under this title in Poems in 1831.
  • A moderate revision of the earlier "Fairyland" (1829) and the later "Fairy-Land" (1845), with a unique beginning addressing "Isabel" and a truncated portion of the poem published under the other titles.
  • Begins "Sit down beside me, Isabel...", with "Dim vales — and shadowy floods —" line starting the other revisions not reached until line 41.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1984 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 57|57.2
1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 57|57.2