page_title: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
section_title: Spirits of the Dead (1827)
hierarchical_section_title: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe / Spirits of the Dead (1827)
context_section_description: "Spirits of the Dead" was first titled "Visits of the Dead" when it was published in the 1827 collection Tamerlane and Other Poems. The title was changed for the 1829 collection Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. The poem follows a dialogue between a dead speaker and a person visiting his grave. The spirit tells the person that those who one knows in life surround a person in death as well.
caption: Original manuscript of a revision of "Spirits of the Dead" in Poe's handwriting.
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