Edgar Allan Poe

Poe's life was short; he was evidently an undiagnosed diabetic, on whom alcohol had a terrible effect (although, as one student of his life has remarked, the sad thing is less a matter of Poe's drinking so much as of

Ulalume [or Ulalume—a Ballad]

by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49)

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The skies they were ashen and sober;

The leaves they were crispèd and sere--

The leaves they were withering and sere:

It was  night, in the lonesome October   
  Of my most immemorial year;
It was hard by the dim lake of Auber,
   In the  misty mid region of Weir--   
It was down by the dank tarn of Auber,
  In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.

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Question:

Who was blind for more of his lifetime, John Milton or Jorge Luis Borges?

Answer

John Milton was blind for the last 20 years of his life, Jorge Luis Borges for the last 31 years of his. While Borges was blind for more years, they were both blind for approximately the final third of their lives.

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