"The sweet imperious mouth, whose haughty valor Defied all portents of impending doom."
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"The Portrait" (Of Poe), line 7, p. 195.
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Sarah Helen Whitman
Sarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 β June 27, 1878) was a poet, essayist, transcendentalist, Spiritualist and a romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe.
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