What poem by Edgar Allan Poe are these Faith No More Lyrics from? (If they're from a work of his at all?)?

Question

Man was born to love, though often he has sought like Icarus to fly too high, and far too lonley than he ought. To kiss the sun of East and West, and hold the world at his behest. To hold the terrible power to whom only gods are blessed, but me, I am just a man. (dont try googling it, its not online ANYWHERE!, need for an eng. assign.)

Answer 1

Are you sure the FNM song is based on a *specific* Poe poem? I went to the Amazon website and searched inside the "Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" with their "Search inside this book" feature. Not one mention of "Just a Man", Icarus, "born to love" or "East and West", confirming what Persiphone found in a paper version.

Ditto with the Search utility of "Poetry Lovers' Pages" website : "Sorry, did not find "icarus" in any of the poems by Edgar Allan Poe"

To be on the safe side, I checked the reviews of "Just a Man" on Amazon and songmeanings.net, but bupkes! Mentions of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Chesterton and Marx, but nothing on Poe.

I have the impression the FNM song is *maybe* *partially* inspired by Poe, but not by a specific poem by Poe.

Answer 2

No, I dont see those words attributed to Poe anywhere. Just from the song. I've looked all through my complete Poe, and the Faith No More lists the group as the authors of that particular song. Pax - C.