With me, poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not be profaned by a superficial interest.
— Edgar Allan Poe Modern

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Letter to George W. Eveleth

Date / Period

1848

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1821/let1848b.htm

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