The Fall of the House of Usher - 2

Why, I wondered, did the House of Usher make me feel so sad? I could find no answer.
There was a lake next to the house and I rode my horse up to the edge and stopped. Perhaps from here the house would not seem so sad, so full of gloom. I looked down into the mirror of dark, still water, and saw again the empty, eye-like windows of the house and the dying trees all around it. The feeling of gloom was stronger than ever.

애드거 앨런 포우라는 작가가 있다는 건 인류의 행운입니다. 이처럼 인간의 심연을 들여다본 작가가 또 누가 있을까요? 그 깊은 정서를 느껴보길 바랍니다.