I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement.
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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
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