Poe: To ——

A poem.

Publisher’s Note: If you missed the news, I’m leaving Substack and closing down Edgar Allan Poe Fortnightly at the end of the month. This week, please enjoy a handful of poems that I haven’t shared yet.

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To ——

Edgar Allan Poe

First published in 1829

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I heed not that my earthly lot
        Hath—little of earth in it—
That years of love have been forgot
        In the hatred of a minute:—
I mourn not that the desolate
        Are happier, sweet, than I,
But that you sorrow for my fate
        Who am a passer by.

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The Final Month of Edgar Allan Poe Fortnightly:

The week of 01/22: The Purloined Letter

01/29: a final poem.

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