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1、TheFalloftheHouseofUsherTheFalloftheHouseofUsherEdgarAllenPoe1TheFalloftheHouseofUsherDuringthewholeofadull,dark,andsoundlessdayintheautumnoftheyear,whenthecloudshungoppressivelylowintheheavens,Ihadbeenpassingalone,onhorseback,throughasingularlydrearytractofcountry;anda
2、tlengthfoundmyself,astheshadesoftheeveningdrewon,withinviewofthemelancholyHouseofUsher.Iknownothowitwas--but,withthefirstglimpseofthebuilding,asenseofinsufferablegloompervadedmyspirit.Isayinsufferable;forthefeelingwasunrelievedbyanyofthathalf-pleasureable,becausepoetic,
3、sentiment,withwhichthemindusuallyreceiveseventhesternestnaturalimagesofthedesolateorterrible.Ilookeduponthescenebeforeme--uponthemerehouse,andthesimplelandscapefeaturesofthedomain--uponthebleakwalls--uponthevacanteye-likewindows--uponafewranksedges--anduponafewwhitetrun
4、ksofdecayedtrees--withanutterdepressionofsoulwhichIcancomparetonoearthlysensationmoreproperlythantotheafter-dreamoftherevelleruponopium--thebitterlapseintoeverydaylife--thehideousdroppingoffoftheveil.Therewasaniciness,asinking,asickeningoftheheart--anunredeemeddrearines
5、softhoughtwhichnogoadingoftheimaginationcouldtortureintoaughtofthesublime.Whatwasit--Ipausedtothink--whatwasitthatsounnervedmeinthecontemplationoftheHouseofUsher?Itwasamysteryallinsoluble;norcouldIgrapplewiththeshadowyfanciesthatcrowdeduponmeasIpondered.Iwasforcedtofall
6、backupontheunsatisfactoryconclusion,thatwhile,beyonddoubt,therearecombinationsofverysimplenaturalobjectswhichhavethepowerofthusaffectingus,stilltheanalysisofthispowerliesamongconsiderationsbeyondourdepth.Itwaspossible,Ireflected,thatameredifferentarrangementoftheparticu
7、larsofthescene,ofthedetailsofthepicture,wouldbesufficienttomodify,orperhapstoannihilateitscapacityforsorrowfulimpression;and,actinguponthisidea,Ireinedmyhorsetotheprecipitousbrinkofablackandluridtarnthatlayinunruffledlustrebythedwelling,andgazeddown--butwithashuddereven
8、morethrillingthanbefore--upontheremodelledandinvertedimagesofthegreysedge,andtheghastlytree-stems,andthevacant
