I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

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

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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

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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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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

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The ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.

Edgar Allan Poe in The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

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