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1827 poem written as a confession to a priest
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" Tamerlane " is an epic poem by Edgar Allan Poe , 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 ...
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Tamerlane \Ta*mer*lane"\ (t[a^]*m[~e]r*l[=a]n"), prop. n. A Tatar conquerer, also called Timur or Timour (t[=e]*m[^o]r") or Timur Bey , also Timur-Leng ('Timur the Lame'), which was corrupted to Tamerlane. He was born in Central Asia, 1333: died ...
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It fell under the dominion of the Moghuls in 1221, and was taken, plundered, and nearly destroyed by Tamerlane in 1387.
It was the single souvenir, so to speak, that he possessed of the civilization which had produced both Tamerlane and terza rima.
Under the reign of Timur, or Tamerlane, one of his subjects, a descendant of Zingis, still bore the regal appellation of Khan and the conqueror of Asia contented himself with the title of Emir or Sultan.