Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO EDGAR ALLAN POE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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TO EDGAR ALLAN POE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dead fifty years? Not so
Last Line: And withered them in flame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)


Dead fifty years? Not so;
Nay, fifty years ago
Death, obloquy, and spite
To curse his ashes came.
But lo, the living light
Beneath the breath of shame
Indignant, spurned the night
And withered them in flame.





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