We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half hour to one or two hours in its perusal

..bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation-to make a point-than to further the cause of truth." Dupin in "The Mystery of Marie Roget

It would be mockery to call such dreariness heaven at all.

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

Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.

He must be theory-mad beyond redemption who ... shall ... persist in attempting to reconcile the obstinate oils and waters of Poetry and Truth.

We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.