Allan Poe

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    On desperate seas long wont to roam,
    The hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
    Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
    To the glory that was Greece,
    And the grandeur that was Rome.
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)

    After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the soul, the man who has a right to say that he thinks at all, will find himself face to face with the conclusion that, on these topics, the most profound thought is that which can be the least easily distinguished from the most superficial sentiment.
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)