literature conundrum

[ajva]

This quote has been attributed to two different people, in these forms:

"Sleep...Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death"
-Longfellow

"Sleep, those little slices of death, how I loathe them."
-Poe

but I can't verify either of them. Does anyone know about this? What's going on here?

Comments

[coracaskia.livejournal.com]

I'll have a look next time I have a moment in the Library ...

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

Just to add to the confusion, have a look at this ...