Famous quotes containing the words poetry, allan and/or poe:
“All poetry is supposed to be instructive but in an unnoticeable manner; it is supposed to make us aware of what it would be valuable to instruct ourselves in; we must deduce the lesson on our own, just as with life.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“As a viewed myself in a fragment of looking-glass..., I was so impressed with a sense of vague awe at my appearance ... that I was seized with a violent tremour.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“It glows with the light
Of the love of my Annie—
With the thought of the light
Of the eyes of my Annie.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)