Author: Edgar Allan Poe

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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

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.

- Edgar Allan Poe

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

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

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

- 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

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