Edgar allan poe

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

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.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.

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

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

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.

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

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.