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Eureka (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by the American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled "A Prose Poem", though it has also been subtitled "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe".
The title refers to the Eureka Flag flown at the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria in 1854. It was originally published in Truth , a Sydney newspaper. The victory song of the Australian cricket team — " Under the Southern Cross I Stand " — is said to have been inspired by this poem.
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James Mathewes Legare, Orta-Undis, and Other Poems, the only book of poetry published in the author's lifetime; Boston: Ticknor and Company, printed at the author's expense [6] Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka: A Prose Poem, United States [7] Adrien Rouquette, Wild Flowers: Sacred Poetry [3] William Gilmore Simms: The Eye and the Wing, New York [8]
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The poet Edgar Allan Poe suggested in Eureka: A Prose Poem that the finite age of the observable universe resolves the apparent paradox. [8] More specifically, because the universe is finitely old (more precisely the Stelliferous Era is only finitely old) and the speed of light is finite, only finitely many stars can be observed from Earth ...
Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.
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