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Poetry Xtras » "The Sleeper" by Edgar Allan Poe

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As "Irene," the earliest known version of "The Sleeper," appeared in the 1831 volume. It reappeared in the 'Literary Messenger' for May 1836, and, in its present form, in the 'Broadway Journal' for May 1845.
—John H. Ingram
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