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Tamerlane and Other Poems

A Bostonian

First published 1827
Publisher Calvin F. S. Thomas
Format Pamphlet
Type Collection
Pages 40

  • Information primarily from the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore.
  • Three of the poems were untitled in this collection:
    • "Stanzas" -- "In youth I have known one..."
    • "A Dream" -- "A wilder'd being from my birth..."
    • "The Happiest Day — the Happiest Hour" -- "The happiest day — the happiest hour..." (first line of this always used in some form as its title).
  • The preface (not to be confused with "Preface") is on unnumbered p. iii.
  • The end "Notes" are about "Tamerlane", and Poe did not include them in subsequent publications of this poem.
  • Thought to have been published June-July 1827; the cover only states 1827.
  • price unknown
  • See the notes here and these scans of the covers and title page.