The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWhen a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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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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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
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Blood was its Avatar and its seal.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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Deep in earth my love is lying and I must weep alone.
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.
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Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.
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We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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