There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.Edgar Allan Poe
I can-
Its fount is holier- more divine-
I would not call thee fool, old man,
But such is not a gift of thine.
Edgar Allan Poe
Soon Gothic ... hidden vices and perversions behind the veneer of virtue.
Edgar Allan Poe
Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, 'He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his head, he said, 'Lord help my poor soul.' As he had lived so he diedin great misery and tragedy.
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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
Edgar Allan Poe
In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the less-
So lovely was the loneliness
Of a wild lake, with black rock bound,
And the tall pines that towered around.
Edgar Allan Poe
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