Edger A. Poe's "The Sleeper": A Textual Analysis

rim/And softly dripping, drop by drop/Upon the quiet mountaintop" (lines 3-6). This "opiate vapour" represents some type of magical substance which the narrator hopes will fall upon the lifeless body of his dear departed and bring her back to life.
             Poe also describes additional physical manifestations, such as rosemary which "nods upon the grave" (line 8), lilies w
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