With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. — Quoted

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“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”

Edgar Allan Poe · Poetry

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Edgar Allan Poe

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Love

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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Future

Edgar Allan Poe

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

Nature

Edgar Allan Poe

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

Experience