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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.
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The Poetic Principle (Southern Literary Messenger, December 1848), The works of Edgar Allan Poe (1903), Volume 5, Page 167
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Edgar Allan Poe
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January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849
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