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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe
Age: 40 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 19
Died: 1849
Died: October 7
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And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave.
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The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.
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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!
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