[Western Phil]

Ran across this item of interest today. One might note that the Republican Party did not exist until about 10 years after Poe's death.

[11th_VA]

OMG - Gabe is still alive ? He’s got to be 90 something by now ...

[HonkyTonkMan]

Tough life...Seems like death surrounded his life and reflected his writing.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Vote-repeaters in Baltimore. The doc isn’t joking.

And yet, the fellow was famous for his stories and poetry... how did they ever think they would get away with pressing Edgar Allen Poe into that service?

[Jemian]

Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied,—
‘If you seek for Eldorado!

I love this poem.

[bankwalker]

Poe is great ... Kipling is the best.

[deadrock]

I have always loved his phrase “pallid bust of pallas.”

[yarddog]

William Blake is my favorite but Poe is right up there.

My Daughter likes Poe and he is her favorite.

Once I was telling a 7th grade class about poetry. I mentioned “The Raven”. and told them I wished I had it right then to read to them.

A little boy raised his hand and said he could get it from the library which I had him do.

After I read it to the class, they all stood up and applauded. I would say they liked it.

[Buttons12]

Poe was the foremost god in the Bohemian pantheon. The 19th c. bohemians, that is.
I prefer Bierce, and nobody knows quite what happened to him either.

[IronJack]

I thought he had developed a high fever and delirium before he died, ostensibly from a laudanum addiction.

[sockmonkey]

I thought Poe was a Laudanum addict. I had a great aunt. After her death, found lots of empty brown bottles of in the house. Laudanum 10% tincture of opium for nerves.

[jmacusa]

''It was during the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day in the Autumn of the year when the clouds hung oppressively low in the Heavens. I had been passing;alone, on horseback through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and as the shades of evening drew on found myself, at length, within view of the melancholy House of Usher...’’

[RoosterRedux]

Bkmk

[RoosterRedux]

Alcoholism was ruled out because he did not have signs of alcohol withdrawal.

That's an odd statement for a doctor to make.

An absence of withdrawal symptoms does not rule out alcoholism. Perhaps he died from alcohol poisoning, which IIRC has a much higher risk of death than withdrawal.

[deadrock]

As an aside, I can’t think of Poe and his great work without thinking about The Alan Parsons project and their debut album. An incredible piece of work.

[bert]

Hmmm...... on deep reflection, I have no favorite poet.

Willy Nelson perhaps