The quotations of

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic

1809–1849

42 quotes, most often on Love, Life & Death and Emotion.

Years of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute.
To M——— (1829), reported in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Love
Thy grace, thy more than beauty,
Shall be an endless theme of praise,
And love — a simple duty.
“To Frances S. Osgood” (1845).
- Beauty
- Love
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.
The Black Cat (1843)
- Animals
- Love
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved
Annabel Lee (1849)In context
- Love
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love⁠—
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
Annabel Lee (1849)In context
- Love
- Youth
I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone —
And all I lov’d — I lov’d alone
Alone (1829)In context
- Emotion
- Love
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we⁠—
Of many far wiser than we⁠—
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee (1849)In context
- Love
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.
Annabel Lee (1849)In context
- Life & Death
- Love

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