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A NEW POEM SAID TO BE BY POE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY GRAPHIC.
“So many spurious poems purporting to be by Poe are now brought forward for public approbation that I feel some hesitation in yielding to my inclination to send you the following, which first appeared in the Looking Glass some years ago, and which I have very slight reason to believe was written by Poe himself, as it is quite as characteristic as anything of the sort I have seen in a number of years.
Frantic Jerry Foodle.”
The Demon of the Doldrums.
One night I lay a-dreaming,
In the moonlight that was streaming
In a flood of liquid glory,
Pouring on my counterpane;