Poe

Famous quotes containing the word poe:

    “And all my days are trances,
    And all my nightly dreams
    Are where thy dark eye glances,
    And where thy footstep gleams—
    In what ethereal dances,
    By what eternal streams.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “When the light was extinguished,
    She covered me warm,
    And she prayed to the angels
    To keep me from harm—”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)