Edgar Allan Poe Quotes About Death

Quotes about: Death

• Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Death, Sleep, Littles

• The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Beautiful, Death, Thoughtful

  1846 'The Philosophy of Composition', in Graham's Magazine, Apr.

• The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  Edgar Allan Poe (2006). “The Best of Poe”, p.134, Prestwick House Inc

• Thank Heaven! The crisis /The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called ''Living'' is conquered at last.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Inspiring, Death, Past

  1850 'ForAnnie'.

• There are two bodies - the rudimental and the complete; corresponding with the two conditions of the worm and the butterfly. What we call "death," is but the painful metamorphosis. Our present incarnation is progressive, preparatory, temporary. Our future is perfected, ultimate, immortal. The ultimate life is the full design.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Death, Butterfly, Two

  Edgar Allan Poe (2014). “Complete Collection of Edgar Allan Poe - 170+ eBooks (Complete Tales, Poems, Novels, Essays, Miscellaneous, Play)”, p.501, Ageless Reads

• From a proud tower in the town, Death looks gigantically down.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Death, Towers, Looks

  Edgar Allan Poe (2014). “Classics Reimagined, Edgar Allan Poe: Stories & Poems”, p.192, Rockport Pub

• 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.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Beautiful, Death, Dream

  Edgar Allan Poe (2012). “The Raven and Other Favorite Poems”, p.41, Courier Corporation

• It was many and many a year ago,
  In a kingdom by the sea,
  That a maiden there lived whom you may know
  By the name of Annabel Lee;--
  And this maiden she lived with no other thought
  Than to love and be loved by me.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Love, Death, Book

  "Annabel Lee" l. 5 (1849)

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