There neither exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified — more supremely noble than this very poem — this poem per se — this poem which is a poem and nothing more — this poem written solely for the poem's sake.


The Poetic Principle (1850)

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

There neither exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified — more supremely noble than this very poem — this poem per se — this poem ...

There neither exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified — more supremely noble than this very poem — this poem per se — this poem ...

There neither exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified — more supremely noble than this very poem — this poem per se — this poem ...

There neither exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified — more supremely noble than this very poem — this poem per se — this poem ...