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And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; — This it is, and nothing more.

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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.

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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries

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If we examine a work of ordinary art, by means of a powerful microscope, all traces of resemblance to nature will disappear - but the closest scrutiny of the photogenic drawing discloses only a more absolute truth, a more perfect identity of aspect with the thing represented.

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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.

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Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee-- Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!" Quothe the Raven, "Nevermore.

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Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

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Alas! for that accursed time They bore thee o'er the billow, From love to titled age and crime, And an unholy pillow! From me, and from our misty clime, Where weeps the silver willow!

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The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid.

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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.

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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

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There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell.

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

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I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.

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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

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Sound-- That stealeth ever on the ear of him Who, musing, gazeth on the distance dim, And sees the darkness coming as a cloud-- Is not its form--its voice--most palpable and loud?

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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

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It is with literature as with law or empire - an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.

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The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist

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It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;-- And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

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