Poe, Edgar Allan [Gardette, Charles D.]. "The Fire-Fiend. A Nightmare." New York Saturday Press, November 19, 1859, 2.
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract
A Fire Demon haunts the speaker in a nightmare, hissing and speaking to him. When the speaker wakes the fire is out, yet he thinks the ashes point towards a bible in his room. This causes him to proclaim his faith in God's power.