A Wise Man Hears One Word And

A Poem Deserves Its Title Only Inasmuch As It Excites, By Elevating The Soul.

Literature Is The Most Noble Of Professions. In Fact, It Is About The Only One Fit For A Man.

The Goodness Of Your True Pun Is In The Direct Ratio Of Its Intolerability.

He Must Be Theory-mad Beyond Redemption Who ... Shall ... Persist In Attempting To Reconcile The Obstinate Oils And Waters Of Poetry And Truth.

For The Moon Never Beams Without Bringing Me Dreams Of The Beautiful Annabel Lee; And The Stars Never Rise But I Feel The Bright Eyes Of The Beautiful Annabel Lee; And So, All The Night-tide, I Lie Down By The Side Of My Darling- My Darling- My Life And My Bride, In The Sepulchre There By The Sea, In Her Tomb By The Sounding Sea.