The crossword solution for the term 'ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA' is a reference to the famous quote from the poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe. The quote is 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Able was I ere I saw Elba'. Elba is a four-letter word which refers to the island of Elba, located off the coast of Italy. It was famously the place of exile for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814.