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Thou wouldst be loved? - then let thy heart From its present pathway part not! Being everything which now thou art, Be nothing which thou art not. So with the world thy gentle ways, Thy grace, thy more than beauty,

Thou wouldst be loved? - then let thy heart From its present pathway part not! Being everything which now thou art, Be nothing which thou art not. So with the world thy gentle ways, Thy grace, thy more than beauty, Shall be an endless theme of praise, And love - a simple duty.

Edgar Allan Poe
Life, Art, Simple
Edgar Allan Poe (1912). “The Bells and Other Poems”, p.65, Library of Alexandria

And now have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but overacuteness of the senses?

Edgar Allan Poe
Mistake, Madness, Senses
"The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe".

Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.

Edgar Allan Poe
Beauty, Thoughtful, Scary
Edgar Allan Poe (2003). “Poems and Essays on Poetry”, p.142, Taylor & Francis

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

Edgar Allan Poe
Beautiful, Death, Thoughtful
1846 'The Philosophy of Composition', in Graham's Magazine, Apr.

Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.

Edgar Allan Poe
Book, Agreement, Differences

Thank Heaven! The crisis /The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called ''Living'' is conquered at last.

Edgar Allan Poe
Inspiring, Death, Past
1850 'ForAnnie'.

Grammar is the analysis of language.

Edgar Allan Poe
Writing, Analysis, Language
Edgar Allan Poe (2014). “Complete Collection of Edgar Allan Poe - 170+ eBooks (Complete Tales, Poems, Novels, Essays, Miscellaneous, Play)”, p.1305, Ageless Reads

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!

Edgar Allan Poe
Halloween, Lying, Ravens
"The Raven" l. 107 (1845)

And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave.

Edgar Allan Poe
Sweet, Musical, Fancy
Edgar Allan Poe (1947). “The Pit and the Pendulum. - Wien: Leinmüller 1947. 32 S. kl. 8° (Englische Lesehefte f. Schule u. Haus. 3.)”, p.3, Hayes Barton Press

In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed-- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted.

Edgar Allan Poe
Dream, Dark, Night
Edgar Allan Poe (2015). “Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales”, p.36, Library of America

Yet we met; and fate bound us together at the alter,and I never spoke of passion nor thought of love. She, however shunned society, and, attaching herself to me alone rendered me happy. It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.

Edgar Allan Poe
Dream, Passion, Fate
Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer, Maureen Cobb Mabbott (2000). “Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842”, p.229, University of Illinois Press

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

Edgar Allan Poe
Literature, Danger, Terror
Edgar Allan Poe (2008). “Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories”, p.161, Bottletree Books LLC

Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance.

Edgar Allan Poe
Memories, Remembrance, Perverseness
1846 Of the significance of the bird in his poem'The Raven'.'The Philosophy of Composition', in Graham's Magazine, Apr.

The sole purpose is to provide infinite springs, at which the soul may allay the eternal thirst TO KNOW which is forever unquenchable within it, since to quench it, would be to extinguish the soul's self.

Edgar Allan Poe
Spring, Self, Forever

I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts at the will of men whose imbecility was evident to all but themselves

Edgar Allan Poe
Men, Receiving, Benefits
Edgar Allan Poe, John Ward Ostrom, Burton Ralph Pollin, Jeffrey A. Savoye (2008). “The collected letters of Edgar Allan Poe”

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" — Merely this, and nothing more

Edgar Allan Poe
Dream, Echoes, Long
"The Raven" l. 25 (1845)

A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.

Edgar Allan Poe
Thoughtful, Soul, Titles
Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson (1984). “Essays and Reviews”, p.71, Library of America

In other words, I believed, and still do believe, that truth, is frequently of its own essence, superficial, and that, in many cases, the depth lies more in the abysses where we seek her, than in the actual situations wherein she may be found.

Edgar Allan Poe
Lying, Believe, Essence
Edgar Allan Poe (2014). “Complete Collection of Edgar Allan Poe - 170+ eBooks (Complete Tales, Poems, Novels, Essays, Miscellaneous, Play)”, p.111, Ageless Reads

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

Edgar Allan Poe
Passion, Poetry, Purpose
Edgar Allan Poe (2004). “The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”, p.715, Wordsworth Editions

A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth.

Edgar Allan Poe
Science, Opinion, Pleasure
Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.3486, Delphi Classics

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.

Edgar Allan Poe
Dream, Future, Mean
Edgar Allan Poe (1980). “The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings”, p.50, City Lights Books

Sensations are the great things, after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations; they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.

Edgar Allan Poe
Guinea, Notes, Should
Edgar Allan Poe (2004). “The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”, p.312, Wordsworth Editions

You need not attempt to shake off or to banter off Romance. It is an evil you will never get rid of to the end of your days. It is a part of yourself ... of your soul. Age will only mellow it a little, and give it a holier tone.

Edgar Allan Poe
Evil, Giving, Romance
Edgar Allan Poe (2006). “The Portable Edgar Allan Poe”, p.463, Penguin

Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.

Edgar Allan Poe
Gone, Worst, Eternal
Edgar Allan Poe (2015). “A Classic Crime Collection”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect - they refer, in short, just to that intense and pure elevation of soul - not of intellect, or of heart.

Edgar Allan Poe
Heart, Mean, Men
Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.1284, Delphi Classics

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