(19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849 / Boston)

poet Edgar Allan Poe
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A PÆan

How shall the burial rite be read?
The solemn song be sung ?
The requiem for the loveliest dead,
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  • Rokie Nokishi (5/26/2013 11:48:00 PM)

    I fall in love with every word of every poem of this master of poetry. Melodramatic, I know I may be but it does not change what is clearly seen

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  • Leas Celyn (2/13/2011 12:12:00 AM)

    to know he wrote this from his sorrow and love makes this bittersweet...as always, i deeply love his works

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  • Phil Winter (7/29/2010 2:58:00 PM)

    Words that make music and touch the soul!

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