In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Greek Mythology Quotes, Youth Quotes

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made...

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made...

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

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...

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

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...

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...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence

I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

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...

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...

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason

Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.