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"And the will therin lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor?"
-Joseph Glanvill

[Perhaps] "It was the radiance of an opium-dream-an airy and spirit-lifting vision..." "She came and departed as a shadow". The narrator tried to "recall to memory" his deceased wife, Ligeia. He described, "...her loveliness was indeed 'exquisite'...", but there was much pervasive "strangeness". He attempted " to portray the majesty, the quiet ease of her demeanor..." He remembered her intoxicating eyes and her raven hair.

Starting anew, he purchased an abby in the remote countryside of England. He remarried. But ...
"Ligeia's beauty passed into my spirit, there dwelling in a shrine...".

Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Ligeia", written in 1838, is classic. The narrator seemed "unreliable". The tale was shrouded in mystery. Highly recommended.