American - Poet | January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
Edgar Allan Poe
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
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