As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
EDGAR ALLAN POEEvery poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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From childhood’s hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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We loved with a love that was more than love.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day; or the agonies which are have their origins in ecstasies which might have been.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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