Poe revised the poem in 1845, making several improvements, most notably changing "the beauty of fair Greece, and the grandeur of old Rome" to "the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome."
Poe a revizuit poemul în 1845, făcând mai multe îmbunătățiri și schimbând mai ales „the beauty of fair Greece, and the grandeur of old Rome” cu „the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome”.