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1809–1849 United States
Edgar Allan Poe, born Edgar Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American author, a part of literary studies and was also considered by some peoples both the central and most major figure of the American Romanticism, and a part of the American literature. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
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Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.
Can it be fancied that Deity ever vindictively
As for myself, I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester — and this is my last jest.
Hop-Frog (1850)
It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of the kind which human ingenuity may not, by proper application resolve.
A carpet is the soul of an apartment.
For the love of God Montresor!
The Cask of Amontillado (1846)
Yes, Heaven is thine; but this
Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,—
The Raven (1844)
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
The Raven (1844)
Had the routine of our life at this place been known to the world, we should have been regarded as madmen —; although, perhaps, as madmen of a harmless nature.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)
O, human love! thou spirit given,
Gaily bedight,
"Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
The Raven (1844)
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Marginalia (1844)
O God! Can I not save
A Dream Within A Dream (1849)
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)
Thus I pacified Psyche and kissed her,
Ulalume (1847)
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!"
The Raven (1844)
This—all this—was in the olden
The Haunted Palace (1839)
Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music without the idea is simply music; the idea without the music is prose from its very definitiveness.
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