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Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849

And the angels, all pallid, and wan,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”
And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

Edgar Allan Poe on life and death

The Conqueror Worm (1843)

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