Rufus Wilmot Griswold, a known rival of Poe's, claimed that Poe had plagiarized the poem from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Beleaguered City".
Rufus Wilmot Griswold, un cunoscut rival al lui Poe, a susținut că Poe a plagiat poezia „Beleaguered City” a lui Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.