, envyandprejudicehavemagnifiedeveryblemishofhischaracterintocrime, whilstontheother, blindadmirationwoulddepicthimasfar "toogoodforhumannature'sdailyfood." Letusendeavortojudgehimimpartially, grantingthathewasasamortalsubjecttotheordinaryweaknessesofmortality, butthathewastemptedsorely, treatedbadly, andsuffereddeeply.
Thepoet', DavidPoe, , , ElizabethArnold, , ElizabethPoeacquiredsomereputation, , soitisnotsurprisingtofindthatwhenherhusbanddied, afterafewyearsofmarriedlife, theyoungwidowhadavainstruggletomaintainherselfandthreelittleones, WilliamHenry, Edgar, , inDecember, 1811, thepoet'smotherhadbeenreducedtothedirenecessityoflivingonthecharityofherneighbors.
Edgar, thesecondchildofDavidandElizabethPoe, wasbornatBoston, intheUnitedStates, onthe19thofJanuary, 'sdeathatRichmond, Virginia, EdgarwasadoptedbyawealthyScotchmerchant, , whohadmarriedanAmericanladyandsettledinVirginia, , treatedhimashisson, , ashewasnowstyled, aftersomeelementarytuitioninRichmond, wastakentoEnglandbyhisadoptedparents, and, in1816, placedattheManorHouseSchool, Stoke-Newington.
, thefuturepoetspentalustrumofhislifeneitherunprofitablynor, apparently, , whoishimselfsoquaintlyportrayedinPoe'staleofWilliamWilson, described “EdgarAllan,” bywhichnameonlyheknewthelad, as “aquickandcleverboy,” who “wouldhavebeenaverygoodboyhadhenotbeenspoiltbyhisparents,”meaning, ofcourse, “allowedhimanextravagantamountofpocket-money, ,” addedthetutor, “but, poorfellow, hisparentsspoiledhim.”
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