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The Fire-Fiend. A Nightmare

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.

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Although attributed to Poe, the poem's actual author is Gardette.

Although attributed to Poe, the poem's actual author is Gardette.

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