Edgar Allan Poe

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Nascimento de Edgar Allan Poe – 19 de Janeiro de 1809

Edgar Allan Poe é um escritor multifacetado que teve uma vida conturbada. Descobre mais sobre a sua vida aqui.

Um dos seus poemas mais conhecidos é “The Raven” (“O Corvo”), que foi traduzido por Fernando Pessoa.

"                                                                         The Raven

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,   Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,     While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.   "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-                 Only this, and nothing more."      Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,   And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.     Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow     From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore-   For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-                 Nameless here for evermore.      And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain   Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;     So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,     "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-   Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-                 This it is, and nothing more."

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