爱伦·坡的哥特式小说《厄舍府的倒塌》中的一首诗结束。

During the wholeof a dull, dark soundless day

I had been passingalone on the horse’s back

Through the Singularly,dreary tract in the country

Within the view of melancholy House of Usher

I know not how it was

But with the first glimpse of the building, a sense ofinsufferable gloom pervaded my spirit