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Edgar Allan Poe

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About Me

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, and other agents.

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The Complete Works

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POETales of Mystery and ImaginationThe Pit and the PendulumWilliam WilsonThe Fall of the House of UsherA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe ...
Posted by Edgar Allan Poe on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:29:00 PST

The Sleeper

At midnight, in the month of June,I stand beneath the mystic moon.An opiate vapor, dewy, dim,Exhales from out her golden rim,And, softly dripping, drop by drop,Upon the quiet mountain top,Steals drows...
Posted by Edgar Allan Poe on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:46:00 PST

Spirits of the Dead

Thy soul shall find itself alone'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone;Not one, of all the crowd, to pryInto thine hour of secrecy.Be silent in that solitude,Which is not loneliness- for thenThe sp...
Posted by Edgar Allan Poe on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:40:00 PST

Eldorado

Gaily bedight,A gallant knight,In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado.But he grew old -This knight so bold -And o'er his heart a shadowFell as he foundNo spo...
Posted by Edgar Allan Poe on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:38:00 PST