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American author, poet, editor, and literary critic. Known for his short stories and poetry, particularly his works of horror and mystery. His most famous works include 'The Black Cat', 'The Raven', and 'Annabel Lee'.

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Famous Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in awakening, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil. They penetrate, however, rudderless or compassless into the vast ocean of the "light ineffable," and again, like the adventures of the Nubian geographer, "agressi sunt mare tenebrarum, quid in eo esset exploraturi.”

Dream Imagination Manifestation Visions

Book:Eleonora

Source: Eleonora

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

Love Life Inspirational Dream Night Imagination Famous Inspirational Cognizant

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

“The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.”

Men World Life Made Dream Inspiration Nine Bent Dreams Come True Follow Your Dreams Ninety Making Dreams Come True

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.”

Thinking Looks Mean Dream Age Existence Future Fancy Irrational Looking To The Future

Book:The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings

Source: The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings

“In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos.”

Soul Dream Faces Spirit Vision Fantasy Divine Daughter Mythology Greek Mythology Lifting Radiance Maidens Opium Airy

Book:Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Source: Tales of Mystery and Imagination

“Yet, mad am I not — and very surely do I not dream.”

Dream Mad Sanity

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“We gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in the Present, weaving the dull world around us into dreams.”

World Dream Wind Dull Tranquility Slumber Weaving Peace And Quiet

Book:Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories

Source: Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories

“Ceux qui revent eveilles ont conscience de 1000 choses qui echapent a ceux qui ne revent qu'endormis. The one who has day dream are aware of 1000 things that the one who dreams only when he sleeps will never understand. (it sounds better in french, I do what I can with my translation...)”

I Can Dream Sound Sleep Conscience Translations

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“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.”

Feels Dream Eye Beautiful Death Lying Night Stars Sides Sea Moon Tides Darling Brides Tombs Beam Bright Eyes

Book:The Raven and Other Favorite Poems

Source: The Raven and Other Favorite Poems

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.”

Mind Has Beens Dream Night Evil Secret Vision Mystery Words Of Wisdom Eternity Mere Gray Waking Thrill Glimpse Verge Cognizant

Book:Complete Tales & Poems

Source: Complete Tales & Poems

“You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.”

Ifs Has Beens Dream Seems Night Vision Gone

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor, And my soul from out that shadow, That lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted - nevermore.”

Stills Soul Dream Eye Lying Doors Sitting Shadow My Soul His Eyes Demon Floating Chamber Seeming Ravens Streaming Nevermore Sitting Still Dead Zone

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“Yes I now feel that it was then on that evening of sweet dreams- that the very first dawn of human love burst upon the icy night of my spirit. Since that period I have never seen nor heard your name without a shiver half of delight half of anxiety.”

Feels Firsts Humans Dream Spirit Night Names Half Heard Sweet Periods Anxiety Delight Evening Dawn Shiver Icy Human Love Sweet Dreams

Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“Yet we met; and fate bound us together at the alter,and I never spoke of passion nor thought of love. She, however shunned society, and, attaching herself to me alone rendered me happy. It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.”

Dream Together Passion Wonder Fate Mets Bounds Spokes Me Alone

Book:Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842

Source: Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842

“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!”

Love Dream Eye Dark Eternal Streams Glances Footsteps Gleam Trance Ethereal Dark Eyes

Book:EDGAR ALLAN POE: 72 Short Stories and Novels & 80+ Poems; Including Essays, Letters & Biography (Illustrated): Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka…

Source: EDGAR ALLAN POE: 72 Short Stories and Novels & 80+ Poems; Including Essays, Letters & Biography (Illustrated): Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka…

“It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream.”

Dream Wonder

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)

“In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed-- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted.”

Dream Light Joy Night Left Dark Vision Broken Waking Hearted Departed Broken Hearted Dark Night

Book:Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales

Source: Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" — Merely this, and nothing more”

Long Dream Silence Wonder Darkness Doubt Mortals Stillness Echoes Tokens Unbroken Lenore

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“I have been happy, though in a dream. I have been happy-and I love the theme: Dreams! in their vivid colouring of life As in that fleeting, shadowy, misty strife”