. Seven great American poets. riUST VOLUME OF IOEMS 107 December 15, 1H26, Poe c;ime home with the highesthonors in Latin and French. Mr. Allan, however, didnot allow him to return to the University, but placedhim in his o^ counting-room. The drudgery of busi-ness life, however, Poe could not tolerate. He left home to seek his fortune in the world. He made his way to Boston, taking with him themanuscrii)ts of his early poems. He persuaded a youngBoston printer, just starting in business, to pubhsh hisfirst volume of verses, which appeared in the spring of1827. 0x1 the title page w
. Seven great American poets. riUST VOLUME OF IOEMS 107 December 15, 1H26, Poe c;ime home with the highesthonors in Latin and French. Mr. Allan, however, didnot allow him to return to the University, but placedhim in his o^ counting-room. The drudgery of busi-ness life, however, Poe could not tolerate. He left home to seek his fortune in the world. He made his way to Boston, taking with him themanuscrii)ts of his early poems. He persuaded a youngBoston printer, just starting in business, to pubhsh hisfirst volume of verses, which appeared in the spring of1827. 0x1 the title page was the following inscription : TAMERLANE, AND OTHER POEMS. BY A BOSTONIAN. Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are make mistakes for manhood to reform.— Cowper. BOSTON : CALVIN &. 1827. The greater part of these first poems, as Poe writesin the preface to the volume, were ?written in the year1821-22, when the author had not completed his four-teenth year. But it is probable that they were much
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