Edgar Allan Poe Poems of Youth

Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe, known as the “Annie” Daguerreotype

TAMERLANE POEM by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 Kind solace in a dying hour! Such, father, is not (now) my theme— I will not madly deem that power Of Earth may shrive me of the sin Unearthly pride hath revell’d in— I have no time to dote or dream: You call it hope—that fire of fire! […]

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O Tempora! O, Mores! Poem by Edgar Allan Poe O, Times! O, Manners! It is my opinion That you are changing sadly your dominion — I mean the reign of manners hath long ceased, For men have none at all, or bad at least; And as for times, altho’ ’tis said by many The “good […]

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Poetry Poem by Edgar Allan Poe Last night, with many cares and toils oppress’d Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest — This is the earliest surviving manuscript in Poe’s own hand. It is written on the same page as some financial records for John Allan’s business. These notes were filed among the […]

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