Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EDGAR ALLAN POE, by TIMOTHY THOMAS FORTUNE


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EDGAR ALLAN POE, by                    
First Line: I know not why, but it is true - it may
Last Line: Singing, back to his mother element.
Subject(s): Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)


I know not why, but it is true -- it may,
In some way, be because he was a child
Of the fierce sun where I first wept and smiled --
I love the dark-browed Poe. His feverish day
Was spent in dreams inspired, that him beguiled,
When not along his path shone forth one ray
Of light, of hope, to guide him on the way,
That to earth's cares he might be reconciled.
Not one of all Columbia's tuneful choir
Has pitched his notes to such a matchless key
As Poe -- the wizard of the Orphic lyre!
Not one has dreamed, has sung, such songs as he,
Who, like an echo came, an echo went,
Singing, back to his mother element.





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