I would like to know the Edgar Allan Poe poem that includes the line,
"little slivers of death we call sleep"

Hello lennonlover,

If you've searched for various quotations on the Web, you've probably
seen that many quotes are written in different forms, attributed to
the wrong person, or attributed to a person without a source.  This
quote is a good example.  You've seen the version "little slivers of
death we call sleep".  Tutuzdad found the version "Sleep, those little
slivers of death.  How I loathe them."  But even more common are
versions that contain "slices of death":

'Searched the web for "slices of death"'
Google
://www.google.com/search?q=%22slices+of+death%22&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off

In most cases, there is an attribution to Poe, but not a source.  One
begins to get the feeling that everyone is copying everyone else, but
no one really knows whether Poe actually wrote this.

However, Bartleby.com, a much more reputable source for quotations
than the typical web page, provides this quotation from the screenplay
of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959):

"I don't sleep.  I hate those little slices of death."
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/66/90/46190.html

I have also found a good discussion about this quote.  It explains
that "Nightmare on Elm Street 3" attributed the quote to Poe, and now
everyone believes it, even though the only solid evidence for a quote
about sleep and "slices of death" relates to "Journey to the Center of
the Earth".

"Who said/wrote these famous words?" (Apr 24 - Aug. 11, 2003)
The Literature Network
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=5591

- justaskscott


I used the following search terms, alone or in various combinations, on Google:

"slivers of death"
poe
"death how i loathe"
"slivers of death"
"journey to the center"
"nightmare on elm street"

Dear lennonlover-ga;

I didn't find the quote in any of Poe's works, but I did find a few
places where an open quote appears to be attributed to Poe (almost
exclusively by one person's account, it seems). The quote supposedly
was:

"Sleep, those little slivers of death. How I loathe them."

While such a quote does sound rather "Poe-esque" (to coin a word here)
I found no verifiable evidence however that it is historically
accurate or if in fact, it ever took place at all. Please let me know
if this answers your question.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

So this is a quote attributed to Poe and not from a published work ?
Do you have the source of the quote ? Thanks for your help...