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... which he loved with his whole soul , he madly endeavoured to grasp in the forms of sheer indulgence . Like Mar- low's " Faustus , " he used his genius to procure him self - gratification ; and always at the end of EDGAR ALLAN POE . xix.
... which he loved with his whole soul , he madly endeavoured to grasp in the forms of sheer indulgence . Like Mar- low's " Faustus , " he used his genius to procure him self - gratification ; and always at the end of EDGAR ALLAN POE . xix.
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... forms - sombre or grotesque forms - brilliant and musical , or scientific forms , he sought the Beautiful ; and in all these forms his writings have embodied it . In his life , too , he loved the emotions which the Beautiful produces ...
... forms - sombre or grotesque forms - brilliant and musical , or scientific forms , he sought the Beautiful ; and in all these forms his writings have embodied it . In his life , too , he loved the emotions which the Beautiful produces ...
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... forms of human life . But he is perfectly poetic in his own province . If his circle was a narrow , it was a magic one . poetry , and borrows nothing from without , as Di- dactic Poetry does . For Didactic Poetry he had a very strong ...
... forms of human life . But he is perfectly poetic in his own province . If his circle was a narrow , it was a magic one . poetry , and borrows nothing from without , as Di- dactic Poetry does . For Didactic Poetry he had a very strong ...
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... ! Leave my loneliness unbroken ! -quit the bust above my door ! Take thy beak from out my heart , and take thy form from off my door ! " Quoth the Raven , " Nevermore . " XVUI . And the Raven , never flitting , still THE RAVEN . 9.
... ! Leave my loneliness unbroken ! -quit the bust above my door ! Take thy beak from out my heart , and take thy form from off my door ! " Quoth the Raven , " Nevermore . " XVUI . And the Raven , never flitting , still THE RAVEN . 9.
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... form a synonym for Truth . — Cease trying ! You will not read the riddle , though you do the best you can do . * * FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD , the poetess - dead , since Poe . For her opinion of him , see Griswold's Memoir . - ED . AN ...
... form a synonym for Truth . — Cease trying ! You will not read the riddle , though you do the best you can do . * * FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD , the poetess - dead , since Poe . For her opinion of him , see Griswold's Memoir . - ED . AN ...
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