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In me didst thou exist-and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe
Age: 40 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 19
Died: 1849
Died: October 7
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Crime Writer
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Theorist
Lyricist
Novelist
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Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Boston
Massachusetts
Poe
Edgar Poe
E. A. Poe
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Utterly
Thou
Image
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