Tamerlane (poem)

Tamerlane
by Edgar Allan Poe
Original cover of Tamerlane and Other Poems, in which "Tamerlane" first appeared
First published in	Tamerlane and Other Poems
Publication date	1827
Lines	403 (later trimmed to 223)
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Tamerlane at Wikisource

"Tamerlane" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a fictionalized accounting of the life of a Turco-Mongol conqueror historically known as Tamerlane. The poem was first published in the 1827 collection Tamerlane and Other Poems. That collection, with only 50 copies printed, was not credited with the author's real name but by "A Bostonian". The poem's original version was 403 lines but trimmed down to 223 lines for its inclusion in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems.