Happy Birthday Edgar!

Today we are celebrating the birth of one of my favourite writer : Edgar Allan Poe, born on this day in 1809:

Gottfried Helnwein, Fire – Edgar Allan Poe, 1996

An Acrostic

Elizabeth it is in vain you say “Love not” — thou sayest it in so sweet a way: In vain those words from thee or L.E.L. Zantippe’s talents had enforced so well: Ah! if that language from thy heart arise, Breath it less gently forth — and veil thine eyes. Endymion, recollect, when Luna tried To cure his love — was cured of all beside — His follie — pride — and passion — for he died.