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Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

“The word "Verse" is used here as the term most convenient for expressing, and without pedantry, all that is involved in the consideration of rhythm, rhyme, meter, and versification... the subject is exceedingly simple; one tenth of it, possibly may be called ethical; nine tenths, however, appertains to the mathematics.”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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'. more

“Catch a vista of maples in that long light and you see Autumn glowing through the leaves.... The promise of gold and crimson is there among the branches, though as yet it is achieved on only a stray branch, an impatient limb or an occasional small tree which has not yet learned to time its changes.”

Long Light Tree Promise Gold Branches Autumn Limbs Occasional Impatient Glowing Crimson Vistas Maple

Author:Hal Borland

“The hush comes with the deepening of Autumn; but it comes gradually. Our ears are attuned to it, day by quieter day. But even now, if one awakens in the deep darkness of the small hours, one can hear it, a foretaste of Winter silence. It’s a little painful now, and a little lonely because it is so strange.”

Ifs Littles Hours Silence Darkness Strange Lonely Ears Winter Painful Autumn Hush Deep Dark

Author:Hal Borland

“We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake.”

Earth Imagination Exaggeration Rakes

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical.”

Persons Body Labor Idleness Begets Hysterical Ennui Diseased Hypochondriac