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NEL: Welcome to the army,
You won't regret it.
Edgar Allan, come.
In Fort Moltrie
You will become
A good private soldier,
Surely the best.
I know you will suffer,
I want to show my art,

I know you will fight,
Always for your nation.

POE: To my uncle I will write,
And explain my enlistment.
I only hope he takes pity,
For I am guilty of deceit.

SOLDIER: Edgar, you have a letter.
Bad news you are about to read,
Your stepmother Frances
Has fallen very ill.
You must be by her side.

POE: My dear Frances,
I couldn't even see you.
I think I die over your grave,
I have no consolation.
I want to find my blood,
I won't go hungry again.
I want to find my blood,
In Baltimore I will discover
My roots, the reason for my being.

JOHN ALLAN: Edgar,
You have deceived me.
You know I don't see it well that you dedicate
Your time only to writing.
Edgar, tell me why.
Someone else has published you
What I refused to do.
My advice passed like the swift air.
Edgar, tell me why.

POE: Uncle John, you can't.
My destiny is written.
Uncle John, neither you nor anyone
Can deter me.
I want to show my art,
Ink is my blood.
And describe the air,
I will enter West Point
Just to please you.

NEL: Firm soldiers,
All in formation,
I don't want mediocrity here.
Soldier Perry, get up,
In the army one must be a man.
Our country must have
Real soldiers
Able to leave their home,
Abandon their heart
To save this nation.

POE: These walls are not for a writer.
I will publish my poems
Before achieving expulsion.
West Point, you will not be a prison,
I am free as the air.
I want to show my art,
I want to find my blood.
I want to achieve something,
I will embark on my path.
I don't know where I will end up, I don't know.

JOHN ALLAN: I always loved you.

POE: I loved you too.

JOHN ALLAN: Edgar, I don't understand.

POE: Uncle, listen to me.

JOHN ALLAN: I have been your father,
I have been your mentor.

POE: I know, but my life...

JOHN ALLAN: No, your life is mine.
I always took care of you,
I gave you a future,
Is this how you repay?

POE: You have not seen
What my need was.

JOHN ALLAN: You have called me a drunkard,
You have violated my kindness.

POE: I have tried to please you,
But I never succeeded.
It's never enough for you.

JOHN ALLAN: Of course it's not.

POE: You deserve what I said,
I will never regret.

JOHN ALLAN: Edgar, you are ungrateful,
I will never forgive you.

POE: I won't plead for your forgiveness,
Nor crave your esteem.

JOHN ALLAN: I wasted money
And time I won't recover.

POE: I wasted so much effort
In doing your will.

JOHN ALLAN: Get out of my sight.

POE: I won't take long.

JOHN ALLAN: To me, you are dead.

POE: To me, you are dead.