Edgar Allan Poe (nascido Edgar Poe; Boston, Massachusetts, 19 de janeiro de 1809 - Baltimore, Maryland, 7 de outubro de 1849) foi um autor, poeta, editor e crítico literário americano, integrante do movimento romântico americano, conhecido por suas histórias que envolvem o mistério e o macabro, Poe foi um dos primeiros escritores americanos de contos, sendo considerado o inventor do género ficção policial, também recebendo crédito pela contribuição para o emergente género da ficção científica. Ele foi o primeiro escritor americano conhecido a tentar ganhar a vida através da escrita por si só, resultando em uma vida e carreira financeiramente difícil.
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A Valentine
For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
...Brightly expressive as the twins of Lœda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies
...Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.
Search narrowly the lines! - they hold a treasure
...Divine - a talisman - an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure -
...The words - the syllables! Do not forget
The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor!
...And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
Which one might not undo without a sabre,
...If one could merely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
...Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus
Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
...Of poets, by poets - as the name is a poet’s, too.
Its letters, although naturally lying
...Like the knight Pinto - Mendez Ferdinando -
Still form a synonym for Truth. - Cease trying!
...You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.
Edgar Allan Poe (1850)
...Brightly expressive as the twins of Lœda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies
...Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.
Search narrowly the lines! - they hold a treasure
...Divine - a talisman - an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure -
...The words - the syllables! Do not forget
The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor!
...And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
Which one might not undo without a sabre,
...If one could merely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
...Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus
Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
...Of poets, by poets - as the name is a poet’s, too.
Its letters, although naturally lying
...Like the knight Pinto - Mendez Ferdinando -
Still form a synonym for Truth. - Cease trying!
...You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.
Edgar Allan Poe (1850)
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