Show poes graphic sketch of wissahickon hickon beauty when edgar allan poe lived and ami worked in philadelphia from 1838 to 1844 the scenic beauties of the wis sa sabI hickon ckon valley impressed the poet so much that he gave a vivid description of the relon region re 0 lon in a sketch with himself as the narrator the tale entitled morning on the wissahickon hickon reveals poe drifting in a skiff upon the surface of the stream durin during a sultry summer day in halt half slumber he lets his imagination conjure up visions of the wis salti s sa hickon ckon of indian days when pice pic bics were undreamed of the picture Is in striking contrast to the popular conception of the half starved unhappy genius who wrote such morbid works as the raven and the murders in the rue morgue while living at WO north seventh street where the one hundred bundred and twenty fifth anniversary of his birthday was recently celebrated at a brilliant gathering of writers and other notables the occasion also marked the opening of the roe poe house as a shrine to his bis memory extolling the beauties of the wis sa hickon poe declared that were it flowing in england it would be the theme of every bard and the common topic of every tongue if indeed its banks were not parceled off in lots at exorbitant prices as building sites for the villas of the opulent |