Tamerlane and Other Poems

Overview:

  • Title: Tamerlane and Other Poems
  • Author: A Bostonian
  • Year: 1827
  • Publisher: Calvin F. S. Thomas
  • Pages: 40
  • Binding: Pamphlet
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Preface (Tamerlane and Other Poems)
  • Notes:
    • 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.