“A dark unfathom'd tide
Of interminable pride —
A mystery, and a dream,
Should my early life seem.”

" Imitation http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/poe/17481", Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827).

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American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809–1849

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