Edgar Allan Poe died today – 158 years ago

U.S. writer Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He said, “They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." [I'd hope so.]... Mr. Poe died in 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland.

U.S. writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He said, “We are all omnibuses in which our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them sticks his head out and embarrasses us." [Oh, my!.]... Mr. Holmes died in 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts.