Poe

Famous quotes containing the word poe:

    Far in the forest, dim and old,
    For her may some tall vault unfold—
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)

    Science! true daughter of old Time thou art!
    Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes.
    Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart,
    Vulture, whose wings are dull realities?
    How should he love thee—or how deem thee wise
    Who woulds’t not leave him in his wandering,
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)