EDGAR ALLAN POE ,,All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream" A Dream within a Dream. · American poet, critic, short story writer · considered the father of the modern detective story · highly lauded as a poet · psychologically thrilling tales examining the depths of the human psyche · born on 19 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts · son of actors Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins (1787-1811) and David Poe (1784- 1810) · had a brother and a sister · after the death of his parents was taken in by Frances (d.1829) and John Allan (d.1834) · travelled with the Allans to England in 1815 and attended school in Chelsea · 1820 - back in Richmond · attended the University of Virginia and studied Latin and poetry · enjoyed swimming and acting · became estranged from his foster father after accumulating gambling debts · left school and enlisted in the United States Arm...
blackcatpoems.com/p/the_raven.html "Spirits of the Dead" .... Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish-- Now are visions ne'er to vanish-- From thy spirit shall they pass No more--like dewdrops from the grass. The breeze--the breath of God--is still-- And the mist upon the hill Shadowy--shadowy--yet unbroken, Is a symbol and a token-- How it hangs upon the trees, A mystery of mysteries! http://www.blackcatpoems.com/p/spirits_of_the_dead.html http://media.photobucket.com/image/edgar%20allen %20poe/kingdiver123/EdgarAllenPoe_quote.jpg http://www.radfordpl.org/arnheim/images/home/edgar_allen_poe.jpg http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/hauntedcemeteries/toptenhauntedcemeteries/images/ED GAR-ALLEN-POE.jpg
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