I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
EDGAR ALLAN POEAll suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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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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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
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Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded.
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Invisible things are the only realities.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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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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The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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