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The Fire-Fiend. A Nightmare

Poe, Edgar Allan [Gardette, Charles D.]. "The Fire-Fiend. A Nightmare." New York Saturday Press. 19 Nov. 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.

People who Created this Work

Gardette, Charles author

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

Poe, Edgar author

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