Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly...

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to...

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to...

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect,...

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect,...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it...

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.