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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

Edgar Allan Poe

I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Active Appreciation Effect Faith Happiness Human Hurt Man Perfection Wise
As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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Mathematics Poet Reason
Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.
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Death Equality Horror Lost Matter
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
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Door Heart
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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Cognizant Dreams Escape Night
I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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Insane Writer
In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
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Effort Fall Nature Soar
I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
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Call Faith Fools Friendship Self Confidence
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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Alone Awake Childhood Heart Joy Love
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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Explore Heart Moments Mystery
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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Dare Darkness Doubt Dreams Fear Mortal Wonder
Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them.
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Death Sleep Slice
The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
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Genius Incomplete Silence True
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
EDGAR ALLAN POE

Advice Believe Hear See Truth
Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
EDGAR ALLAN POE

Death Equality Life Respect
There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
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Deep Emotion Heart Touch

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