Show P poes oes graphic sketch of wissahickon hickon beauty when edgar allan poe lived und worked in philadelphia from 1838 to 1844 the scenic beauties of the wis sahl sah ckon lekon valley impressed the poet so much that tie lie gave a vivid description of the region in a sketch with himself as the narrator the tale entitled morning on the wissahickon hickon reveals poe drifting in a skirt skiff upon the surface of tile stream during a sultry summer day in half slumber lie he lets ills his Ini imagination figi conjure up visions of the wis salil sa hickon ckon of indian days when picnics were undreamed of tile picture Is in striking contrast to the popular conception of the half starved unhappy genius who wrote such morbid works as the raven and tile the murders in the ruo rue morgue Al while living at north seventh street where the one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary of ills his birthday was recently celebrated tit at a brilliant gathering of writers and other notables tile the occasion also marked the opening of the poe house as a shrine to his memory extolling the beauties of the wis sa hickon poe declared that were it flowing in england it would bo be the theme of every bard and the common in on topic of every tongue it if indeed its banks were not parceled off in lots at exorbitant prices as building sites for the villas of the opulent 11 |