Author: Edgar Allan Poe

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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.

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

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

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

- Edgar Allan Poe

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.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

- Edgar Allan Poe

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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.

- Edgar Allan Poe

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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