Project Gutenberg 2005-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 138 Stoddart, Thomas Tod 1810 1880 Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Death-Wake" by Thomas Tod Stoddart is a poem written in the mid-19th century. The narrative follows Julio, a monk haunted by the memory of his beloved Agathè, who has died, and explores themes of madness, love, and death. The imagery is rich and Romantic, echoing the emotional turmoil and the supernatural elements characteristic of the genre. At the start of "The Death-Wake," we are introduced to Julio, who mourns his lost love, Agathè, after her burial. The opening depicts a somber atmosphere as Julio grapples with his despair, reflecting on his noble lineage and the madness from which he suffers. As he navigates his grief, hallucinations and intense emotions propel him into an erratic engagement with death and the remnants of life. His idealization of Agathè blurts out through his desperate longing, culminating in actions that intertwine love with the macabre, leading to a tragic spiral toward his own demise. This opening establishes a haunting tone that permeates the text, engaging the reader with its profound exploration of love and loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Poetry PR Text Category: Poetry 195253 2025-07-07T07:46:45.684508 text/html 198856 2020-12-12T11:50:15 text/html 119356 2025-07-07T07:46:53.095482 application/epub+zip 120012 2025-07-07T07:46:48.005511 application/epub+zip 120011 2025-07-07T07:46:46.634515 application/epub+zip 248482 2025-07-07T07:46:56.002463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340760 2025-07-07T07:46:52.021476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326486 2022-09-08T06:27:12.313999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124478 2025-07-07T07:46:44.778587 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124340 2020-12-12T11:50:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124333 2020-12-12T11:50:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20997 2025-07-07T07:46:56.145455 application/rdf+xml 10264 2025-07-07T07:46:47.156514 image/jpeg 2907 2025-07-07T07:46:46.892507 image/jpeg 47287 2020-12-12T11:50:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 54380 2020-12-12T11:50:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 47247 2020-12-12T11:50:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 113382 2025-07-07T07:46:45.696517 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia