"Any 'swimmerinthefalls' inmydayswouldhaveswumtheHellespont, 'sWharftoWarwick (sixmiles), inahotJunesun, ," Poeaddedinastrainofexaggerationnotunusualwithhim, "ofattemptingtoswimtheBritishChannelfromDovertoCalais."
ColonelMayo, whohadtriedtoaccompanyhiminthisperformance, hadtostopontheway, andsaysthatPoe, whenhereachedthegoal, emergedfromthewaterwithneck, face, , whichwasundertakenforawager, havingbeenquestioned, Poe, everintolerantofcontradiction, , andthathewalkedbacktoRichmondimmediatelyaftertheperformance.
Thepoetisgenerallyrememberedatthispartofhiscareertohavebeenslightinfigureandperson, buttohavebeenwellmade, active, sinewy, , "hateofhate, thescornofscorn," heappearstohavemadefoesbothamongthosewhoenviedhimandthosewhom, intheprideofintellectuality, , however, wasawarmandpassionateheart, :
"WhileattheacademyinRichmond, heonedayaccompaniedaschoolmatetohishome, wherehesaw, forthefirsttime, , , onenteringtheroom, tookhishandsandspokesomegentleandgraciouswordsofwelcome, whichsopenetratedthesensitiveheartoftheorphanboyastodeprivehimofthepowerofspeech, , withbutonethought, onehopeinlife —tohearagainthesweetandgraciouswordsthathadmadethedesolateworldsobeautifultohim, , andherswastheoneredeeminginfluencethatsavedandguidedhimintheearlierdaysofhisturbulentandpassionateyouth."
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