There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

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...

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.

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.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is...

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is...

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

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

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

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...

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,...