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

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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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...

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

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

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...

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

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,...

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...

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,...

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be,...

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be,...

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of...

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of...

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...