Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF POEMS
BY

EDGAR
ALLAN
POE
(Born January 19, 1809, Died October 7, 1849)
These trifles are collected and republished chiefly with a view to
their redemption from the many improvements to which they have been
subjected while going at random "the rounds of the press." I am
naturally anxious that what I have written should circulate as I wrote
it, if it circulate at all. In defence of my own taste, nevertheless,
it is incumbent upon me to say that I think nothing in this volume of
much value to the public, or very creditable to myself. Events not to
be controlled have prevented me from making, at any time, any serious
effort in what, under happier curcumstances, would have been not a
purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence;
they must not - they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the
paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations of mankind.

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