Sarah Helen Power Whitman , foi uma poetisa e ensaísta estado-unidense, inserida nos movimentos transcendentalista e espiritualista. Manteve uma relação sentimental com o escritor Edgar Allan Poe. Wikipedia
“Star of resplendent front! Thy glorious eye
Shines on me still from out yon clouded sky.”
Arcturus (To Edgar Allan Poe).
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“The sweet imperious mouth, whose haughty valor
Defied all portents of impending doom.”
The Portrait. (Of Poe).
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Our Island of Dreams.
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A still Day in Autumn.
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Summer's Call. Compare: "I heard the trailing garments of the Night / Sweep through her marble halls", Longfellow.
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The Raven (written as a counterpart to Poe's poem by the same name).
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“Enchantress of the stormy seas,
Priestess of Night's high mysteries.”
Moonrise in May.
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