Tamerlane

Tamerlane: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.

Kind solace in a dying hour!
Such, father, is not (now) my theme—
I will not madly deem that power
Of Earth may shrive me of the sin
Unearthly pride hath revell’d in—
I have no time to dote or dream:
You call it hope—that fire of fire!