In the chamber, dim and dreary,
Lay N. alone, weak and weary.
'Neath the lamplight's flickering gleam,
Haunted by a fearful dream.
Lay N. alone, weak and weary.
'Neath the lamplight's flickering gleam,
Haunted by a fearful dream.
Outside, the tempest raged and roared,
Echoing the cries of those ignored.
Yet within, a tapping, soft and low,
Sent shivers down his spine aglow.
Echoing the cries of those ignored.
Yet within, a tapping, soft and low,
Sent shivers down his spine aglow.
With every beat, his heart did race,
In the dark, a spectral face.
Whispers in the shadows deep,
Promised horrors, none could keep.
In the dark, a spectral face.
Whispers in the shadows deep,
Promised horrors, none could keep.
A message came, from realms unknown,
"I see you," it did intone.
N. trembled in the pallid light,
Trapped in dread, devoid of sight.
"I see you," it did intone.
N. trembled in the pallid light,
Trapped in dread, devoid of sight.
Oh, the terror, ever nigh,
As the tapping drew him nigh.
In the darkness, death did loom,
Sealing N.'s dreadful doom.
As the tapping drew him nigh.
In the darkness, death did loom,
Sealing N.'s dreadful doom.
And thus, in Poe's macabre vein,
N. met his fate, bound by chain.
A tale of horror, dark and dire,
Echoes still, in haunted mire.
N. met his fate, bound by chain.
A tale of horror, dark and dire,
Echoes still, in haunted mire.