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On October 19, 1809, Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Edgar Allen Poe attends school in England when he is 6 years old.
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Edgar Poe comes to the United States to continue his schooling.
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Edgar Allen Poe attends the University of virgina.
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Egar Poe writes his first book "Tamerlane and other Poems" in 1827
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In 1829 Edgar Poe publish "To the River".
Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow
Of crystal, wandering water,
Thou art an emblem of the glow
Of beauty -- the unhidden heart --
The playful maziness of art
In old Alberto's daughter; But when within thy wave she looks --
Which glistens then, and trembles --
Why, then, the prettiest of brooks
Her worshipper resembles;
For in my heart, as in thy stream,
Her image deeply lies --
The heart which trembles at the beam -
In 1835, Edagar Allan Poe became the editor for the "Southern Literary Messenger" in Richmond.
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In 1836 Edagar Allan Poe married his cousin Virgina Clemm. She was 13 years old.
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In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe published one of his most famous poems "The Raven" This is the first stanza. 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." -
Sadly Edgar's wife Virgina died in 1847.
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In 1849 his poem "For Annie" was publish the first two stanzes are,
Thank Heaven! the crisis --
The danger is past,
And the lingering illness
Is over at last --
And the fever called "Living"
Is conquered at last. Sadly, I know
I am shorn of my strength,
And no muscle I move
As I lie at full length --
But no matter! -- I feel
I am better at length. -
Edgar Poe was found half unconsious in his hotel room. He was taken to the hospital.
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Edgar Allen Poe passesd away from "acute congestion of the brain."
