Edgar Allen Poe (January 19, 1809-October 7, 1849) was an American poet, literary critic and story writer.
His best known works include: The Fall of the House of Usher, 1840; The Raven, 1845; and the short stories: The Cask of Amontillado; The Purloined Letter; The Masque of the Red Death; and The Pit and the Pendulum.
In Tamerlane, 1827, Edgar Allen Poe wrote:
<O, human love! thou spirit given,
On Earth, of all we hope in Heaven.> 1809EP001
Edgar Allen Poe stated:
<Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of "Mother."> 1809EP002
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Endnotes:
1809EP001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Edgar Allen Poe, 1827, in Tamerlane, l. 177. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 525.
1809EP002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Edgar Allen Poe, statement. For Mothers (Heartland Samplers, Inc., 5555 W. 78th St. Suite P, Edina, MN, 55439, 1994), 7.9.