Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a youth of wonderful genius, but of reckless habits due to which he came to an unhappy and untimely end. He left behind him tales and poems, which, though they were not appreciated when he lived, have received the recognition they deserve since his death. His poetical masterpiece, "The Raven," is well known. He died at Baltimore of inflammation of the brain, insensible from which he was picked up in a street one evening.

Wisdom & Quotes

• There is something about the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of his who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man.

- The Black Cat

• I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee.
- Annabel Lee

• All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.
- A Dream within a Dream

• From childhood's hour I have not been

As others were - I have not seen
As others saw.
- Alone

Pierre Joseph Proudhon